Progress in reducing premature mortality from cancer and cardiovascular disease in the former Soviet Union, 2000-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A reduction in non-communicable diseases premature mortality by one-third by 2030 is one of the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG3.4). We examined the mortality profiles in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS) and the European Union (EU) and assessed progress in reductions of premature mortality from cancer, as compared to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods

We used WHO's Global Health Estimates and GLOBOCAN 2020 to examine current mortality profiles and computed the unconditional probabilities of dying at ages 30-70 from CVD and cancer for the years 2000-19 in both sexes, using a linear extrapolation of this trend to predict whether the target of a one-third reduction, as set in 2015, would be met in 2030.

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SUBMITTER: Znaor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature