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  2. Non-communicable disease - Wikipedia

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    A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.

  3. United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and ...

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    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), often known as chronic diseases, include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and mental health conditions. The Task Force consists of a World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat (currently led by Nick Banatvala from the United Kingdom) and 46 United Nations (UN) and inter ...

  4. List of countries by risk of death from non-communicable disease

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    This is a list of countries by risk of premature death from non-communicable disease such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease between ages 30 and 70 as published by the World Health Organization in 2008. Measuring the risk of dying from target NCDs is important to assess the extent of burden from ...

  5. Diseases of affluence - Wikipedia

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    Examples of diseases of affluence include mostly chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and other physical health conditions for which personal lifestyles and societal conditions associated with economic development are believed to be an important risk factor—such as type 2 diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease ...

  6. Health in the Solomon Islands - Wikipedia

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    Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are prime causes of deaths in Pacific islands, and responsible for 60% deaths in Solomon Islands. [10] Premature mortality from NCDs was 1900 in 2016. [ 11 ] Ischemic heart disease, stroke and diabetes were the main causes of mortality due to NCDs in 2017.

  7. Epidemiological transition - Wikipedia

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    Decomposing this overall impact by age-sex groups, they find that for males, when overall mortality decreases, the importance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increases relative to the other causes with an age-specific impact on the role of injuries, whereas for women, both NCDs and injuries gain a more significant share with mortality ...

  8. Diseases of poverty - Wikipedia

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    Noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and diabetes place a significant burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). NCD cause 41 million deaths each year, which account for 71% of all deaths globally of which 77% are in LMIC. [93]

  9. Health in Malawi - Wikipedia

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    In addition to that, there is growing evidence that suggests that there is a growing burden of non-communicable diseases which account nearly 32% of all deaths. [2] According to the recent 2018 Census done by the National Statistical Office in Malawi, the country has a total population of 17.5 million people.