A priority health index identifies the top six priority risk and related factors for non-communicable diseases in Brazilian cities
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A priority health index identifies the top six priority risk and related factors for non-communicable diseases in Brazilian cities
BACKGROUND In Brazil, 72% of all deaths in 2007 were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCD). We used a risk and related factor based index to prioritize NCD prevention programs in the combined 26 capital cities and the federal district (i.e., Brasilia) of Brazil. METHODS We used 2006-2011 data (adults) from census and Brazil's surveillance of 12 NCD risk factors and 74 disease group ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1787-1