Trend analysis of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors in Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Afghanistan is suffering from 40-year chronic conflicts, displacement, and demolition of its infrastructure. Afghanistan mortality survey 2010 shows nearly 46% of all deaths in the country were attributed to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In this study, we aimed to understand the differences in mortality and premature death due to NCDs by sex and the trend for the next 8 years.

Methods

We applied trend analysis using the secondary data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Global Burden of Diseases 2019. The information on NCD mortality, NCD deaths attributed to its risk factors, NCD percent of total years lived with disability (YLDs) attribution to each risk factor extracted from this database from 2008 to 2019. We investigated the trend from 20

SUBMITTER: Neyazi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497825 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature