THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE DUE TO OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION ppt

... for each of 14 world regions. The burden of disease attribut- able to urban outdoor air pollution was estimated, along with the burdens of other environmental factors such as indoor air pollution, ... Where better data exist, as they currently do in some parts of the world, they should of course be used. Future estimates of the global burden of diseas...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... possible risk. The attributable fraction of disease burden in the population is determined by the prevalence of exposure to the risk factor in the population and the relative risk (RR) of disease ... DALYs (or about 3% of the global burden of disease) were attributable to indoor air pollution from household use of solid fuels in 2000. This ris...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... number of incident cases in that period × average duration of the disease × weight factor The weight factor reects the severity of the disease on a scale from 0 (perfect health) to 1 (death). The ... trends in the global burden of disease from 1990 to 2005. 3 Global Burden of Disease 2004 Introduction 1 2 3 4 Annex A Annex B Annex C References Box 1...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... 10.3). The burden of disease attributable to environmental pollution 25 10.2 Burden of respiratory disease The percentage of adults reporting respiratory disease is available from the Welsh ... COMEAP to advise on the extent of effects of air pollutants on health in the UK including an estimate of the number of people affected. The burde...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... 2 The burden of disease in major cities will vary due to factors such as the amount of fossil fuel used, weather, underlying disease rates, and population size and density. Burden of disease ... estimating the Environmental Burden of Disease (EBD) use both PM10 and PM2.5 as indicators of exposure to outdoor air pollution. To estimate the EBD...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... Organization Box 2: The global burden of diseases and injuries The global burden of disease 2004 update provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes of loss of health in the dier- ent regions of the world, ... free of disease and disability. DALYs for a disease or injury are calculated as the sum of the years of life lost due to prematur...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... more than 80% of the diseases regularly reported by the World Health Organization. Globally, nearly one quarter of all deaths and of the total disease burden can be attributed to the environment. ... contributed to disease burden in 85 categories. The specific fraction of disease attributable to the environment varied widely across different disease condi...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... on Global Rankings for the Top 20 Causes of the Burden of Disease, 2001 406 Figure 5.9 Effects of Changes in Key DALY Parameters on Proportion of the Global Disease Burden Attributable to Risk ... global burden of disease for the years 2000–2, and in the develop- ment of software tools to support burden of disease analysis at the country lev...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... from the liver to the lymph nodes or from the lungs to the brain). When they do, that is called metastasis. Cancer that has metastasised to other parts of the body is still classifi ed as the ... 2009 25 Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities The costs of cancer, 2009 The global economic cost of the 12.9m new cancer cases i...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... off as it was before climate change. They can choose to do nothing to suffer (or enjoy the benefits from) the full impact of climate change. Or they can decide to adapt to the level where the ... flood tolerant, climate-proofing The Costs to Developing Countries of Adapting to Climate Change New Methods and Estimates The Global Report of the Econom...

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