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| 06 Feb 2010 Nick Henwood |
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A response to the need for comprehensive, consistent and comparable information on health risks at global and regional level.
Global health risks is a comprehensive assessment of leading risks to global health. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health attributable to 24 global risk factors. |
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/global_health_risks/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/global_health_risks/en/index.html
Of all infectious and parasitic child deaths (including those caused by acute lower respi- ratory infections), 34% can be attributed to under- weight; 26% to unsafe water, hygiene and sanitation; and 15% to smoke from indoor use of solid fuels. The joint effect of all three of these risk factors is, how- ever, 46%. Similarly, 45% of cardiovascular deaths among those older than 30 years can be attributed to raised blood pressure, 16% to raised cholesterol and 13% to raised blood glucose, yet the estimated combined effect of these three risks is about 48% of cardiovascular diseases.
Risks for child health In 2004, 10.4 million children under 5 years of age died: 45% in the WHO African Region and 30% in the South-East Asia Region. The leading causes of death among children under 5 years of age are acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases, which are also the leading overall causes of loss of healthy life years. Child underweight is the leading individual risk for child deaths and loss of healthy life years, causing 21% of deaths and DALYs. Child underweight, together with micronutrient defi- ciencies and suboptimal breastfeeding, accounted for 35% of child deaths and 32% of loss of healthy life years worldwide. Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, together with indoor smoke from solid fuels, cause 23% of child deaths. These environ- mental risks, together with the nutritional risks and suboptimal breastfeeding, cause 39% of child deaths worldwide.
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