Hospital Practices and Research

Prevalent Causes of Mortality in the Iranian Population

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Authors

Amir Hossain Mirhashemi 1
Mohammad Hossain Kalantar Motamedi 2
Sedigheh Mirhashemi 2
Hamidreza Taghipour 2
Zahra Danial 2

1 Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.15171/hpr.2017.23

Keywords

mortality
population
Prevalence
Incidence

The prevalence of death and changes to it in different geographical regions makes identifying cause of death (COD) an important issue in many instances. Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will account for 70% of all deaths by 2030. It seems that cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and motor vehicle accidents are the major causes of death in the Iranian population, with maximum years of life lost due to motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular diseases and cancers, respectively... (Read more...)

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