The health burden of non-communicable neurological disorders in the USA between 1990 and 2017.

ABSTRACT: In this observational study, using the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors Study, we aimed to (i) report the magnitude of health loss due to non-communicable neurological disorders in the USA in 2017 by sex, age, years and States and (ii) to identify non-communicable neurological disorders attributable environmental, metabolic and behavioural risk factors. We provide estimates of the burden of non-communicable neurological disorders by reporting disability-adjusted life-years and their trends from 1990 to 2017 by age and sex in the USA. The non-communicable neurological disorders include migraines, tension-type headaches, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, motor neuron diseases and other neurological disorders. In 2017, the glo

SUBMITTER: Bazargan-Hejazi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472903 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature