Trends and patterns of North Korea's disease burden from 1990 to 2019: Results from Global Burden of Disease study 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence for the trends and patterns of disease burden in North Korea is limited, and in-depth analysis based on several health outcomes for a better understanding remains challenging. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the trends and patterns of disease burden in North Korea between 1990 and 2019.

Methods

We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019 study to analyze the North Korean disease burden in comparison with four groups: global, South Korea, low-sociodemographic index (SDI) countries, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (former socialist countries). We also examined changes in the disease burden between 1990 and 2019 by disease category and age group.

Findings

In 2019, in North Korea, death rates and disability-adjusted life

SUBMITTER: Lee EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662722 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature