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Non-communicable diseases cause maximum deaths, says Lancet [1]

Factors in 2010: diabetes, high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoking, and alcohol use

The three leading risk factors for global disease burden in 2010 were high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoking, and alcohol use, while in 1990 the leading risks were childhood underweight, household pollution from sold fuels, and tobacco smoking, including passive smoking.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2012
Aarti Dhar [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Non Communicable Diseases [4], Diabetes [5], Hypertension (Blood Pressure) [6], Smoking [7], Tobacco [8], Pollution [9], Sanitation [10], Developing Countries [11], Air Pollution [12], India [13], Bangladesh [14], Pakistan [15], Sri Lanka [16], Health Effects [17], Health [18]

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