Increasing trends in admissions due to non-communicable diseases over 2012 to 2017: findings from three large cities in Myanmar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes are the four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contributing to more than 80% of mortality and morbidity due to NCDs. In Myanmar, the proportional mortality rate due to NCDs increased from 46.9% in 2000 to 68% in 2017. However, the trends and patterns of four major NCDs or their hospital admissions are not known. In this regard, we aimed to assess the trends and profile of admissions with four major NCDs using final diagnosis coded in International Classification of Diseases-2010 version (ICD-10) from medical record data of the large tertiary hospitals in different regions of Myanmar.

Results

Of the 774,970 total admissions in the study hospitals, the median and interquartil

SUBMITTER: Swe EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181486 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature