Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Burden of disease"
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Global mortality from dementia : application of a newmethod and results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(2021) [Journal article]Introduction: Dementia is currently one of the leading causes of mortality globally, and mortality due to dementia will likely increase in the future along with corresponding increases in population growth and population ... -
Physical inactivity as risk factor for mortality by diabetes mellitus in Brazil in 1990, 2006, and 2016
(2019) [Journal article]Background: The aims of this study were to estimate the mortality due to diabetes mellitus attributed to physical inactivity in Brazil, to analyze these estimate in three points in time (1990, 2006 and, 2016), and to analyze ... -
The burden of disease among Brazilian older adults and the challenge for health policies : results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
(2020) [Journal article]Background: Brazil is the world’s fifth most populous nation, and is currently experimenting a fast demographic aging process in a context of scarce resources and social inequalities. To understand the health profile of ... -
The burden of low back pain in Brazil : estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study
(2020) [Journal article]Background: The prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are growing around the world, and low back pain (LBP) is the most significant of the five defined MSK disorders in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) ...