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The Growing Trend of Noncommunicable Diseases in Arab Countries

In: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Developing Countries

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  • Wiam Boutayeb

    (School of High Studies in Engineering)

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Being the leading cause of death worldwide, noncommunicable diseases are of the main health challenges of the 21st century. Beside the toll of death, these chronic diseases burden individuals, families and the whole society. Following economic, demographic and geographic transitions most of Arab countries are facing an increasing trend in noncommunicable diseases. Mortality caused by these diseases is greater than 70% of all deaths in 12 countries. Moreover, premature death caused by these diseases reaches 20% in 33% of Arab countries. Risk factors like raised blood pressure, unhealthy diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity are well known to contribute to the increasing trend of noncommunicable diseases. Action on social determinants of health such as gender, economic status, education level, marital status can reduce simultaneously the burden of noncommunicable diseases and avoidable/unacceptable health inequalities between different categories of Arab populations.

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  • Wiam Boutayeb, 2020. "The Growing Trend of Noncommunicable Diseases in Arab Countries," Springer Books, in: Abdesslam Boutayeb (ed.), Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Developing Countries, chapter 0, pages 61-72, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-34702-4_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34702-4_5
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