Socioeconomic inequalities in lifestyle risk factors across low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The heavy and ever rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) warrants interventions to reduce their underlying risk factors, which are often linked to lifestyles. To effectively supplement nationwide policies with targeted interventions, it is important to know how these risk factors are distributed across socioeconomic segments of populations in LMICs. This study quantifies the prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities in lifestyle risk factors in LMICs, to identify policy priorities conducive to the Sustainable Development Goal of a one third reduction in deaths from NCDs by 2030.

Methods

Data from 1,278,624 adult respondents to Demographic & Health Surveys across 22 LMICs between 2013 and 2018 are used to esti

SUBMITTER: Dieteren C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8134821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature