Municipal Disease Burden Attributable to Heat Wave

Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Hypertension.

given to 46.9% of hospitals reporting the minimum threshold of 1 Outcome measure group, 31.2% of hospitals reporting 2 Outcome measure groups, and 25.5% of hospitals reporting all 3 Outcome measure groups (P < .001) (Table). Star ratings were based on the minimum eligibility threshold of only 3 of 7 measure groups for 49.4% of specialty and 33.3% of critical access hospitals; whereas, 94.3% of ...

Burden of Disease Attributable to Suboptimal Breastfeeding in Iran during 1990-2010; Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Background: This study uses data of the global burden of diseases (GBD) study 2010 to report death, disability-adjusted life year (DALYs), years of life lived with disability (YLDs) and years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs), attributed to suboptimal breastfeeding by age and gender during 1990 to 2010 in Iran. Materials and Methods:The GBD assessments were used, together with esti...

Environmental Burden of Disease from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator

Global burden of disease attributable to diabetes mellitus in Brazil.

Type II diabetes mellitus accounts for 90% of all cases of diabetes, and its inclusion in health evaluation has shown that its complications have a considerable impact on the population's quality of life. The current article presents the results of the Global Burden of Disease Study in Brazil for the year 1998, with an emphasis on diabetes mellitus and its complications. The indicator used was ...

Mortality and burden of disease attributable to individual risk factors

disease attributable to individual risk factors were calculated, as described in chapter 25, using risk factor exposure and hazard estimates provided in risk factor chapters. Mortality and burden of disease attributable to individual risk factors were then calculated by multiplying the PAFs by the estimates of total mortality and burden of disease from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) databas...