Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

A Tehrani-Banihashemi; M Moradi-Lakeh; C Elbcheraoui; R Charara; I Khalil; A Afshin; M Collison; F Daoud; KJ Krohn; A Chew; L Cornaby; KJ Foreman; J Frostad; NJ Kassebaum; L Kemmer; M Kutz; P Liu; M Mirarefin; G Nguyen; H Wang; B Zipkin; AA Abajobir; M Abouzeid; NME Abu-Rmeileh; A Ahmad Kiadaliri; MB Ahmed; B Aksut; K Alam; D Alasfoor; R Ali; R Alizadeh-Navaei; R Al-Raddadi; U Alsharif; KA Altirkawi; N Alvis-Guzman; N Anber; P Anwari; J Ärnlöv; SW Asgedom; TM Atey; A Awasthi; T Bärnighausen; U Bacha; A Barac; SL Barker-Collo; N Bedi; DA Bennett; DF Berhe; S Biadgilign; ZA Butt; JR Carapetis; RE Castro; AA Chitheer; K Davletov; SD Dharmaratne; S Djalalinia; HP Do; M Dubey; H Ebrahimi; B Eshrati; A Esteghamati; MS Farvid; SM Fereshtehnejad; F Fischer; SW Gebrehiwot; TT Gebrehiwot; RF Gillum; PN Gona; R Gupta; N Hafezi-Nejad; RR Hamadeh; S Hamidi; M Hsairi; SH Jee; JB Jonas; C Karimkhani; A Kasaeian; YS Khader; EA Khan; D Kim; DK Lal; HJ Larson; AA Latif; S Linn; PA Lotufo; R Lunevicius; H Magdyabdelrazek; A Majeed; R Malekzadeh; DC Malta; T Meier; P Memiah; ZA Memish; W Mendoza; GA Mensah; A Meretoja; TR Miller; EM Mirrakhimov; S Mohammed; QL Nguyen

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Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

A Tehrani-Banihashemi, M Moradi-Lakeh, C Elbcheraoui, R Charara, I Khalil, A Afshin, M Collison, F Daoud, KJ Krohn, A Chew, L Cornaby, KJ Foreman, J Frostad, NJ Kassebaum, L Kemmer, M Kutz, P Liu, M Mirarefin, G Nguyen, H Wang Show all

International Journal of Public Health | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1012-3

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Abstract

Objectives: To report the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) during 1990–2015. Methods: We used the 2015 Global Burden of Disease study for estimates of mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of different CVD in 22 countries of EMR. Results: A total of 1.4 million CVD deaths (95% UI: 1.3–1.5) occurred in 2015 in the EMR, with the highest number of deaths in Pakistan (465,116) and the lowest number of deaths in Qatar (723). The age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 decreased from 10,080 in 1990 to 8606 in 2015 (14.6% decrease). Afghanistan had the highest age-standardized DALY rate of CVD in both 1990 and 2015. Kuwait and Qatar had..

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