Non Communicable diseases in IRAN
Non-communicable diseases and their related morbidity and mortality are also a significant serious public health problem in Iran.
Given the high prevalence of Non-communicable diseases in Iran, the fact that they constitute most important cause of mortality in the country (46%, based on a report by the Iranian Ministry of Health), the rising prevalence of coronary diseases in the younger population (17% in the fifth and sixth decades, to 28% during the last three years), estimates of the prevalence of risk factors in the society (10%), and the economic burdens of such diseases (costs of hospitalization in teaching hospitals in Isfahan amounting to some 3,750,000 $ in 1989, reaching 19 million and 5 hundred thousand $ in 1994), studies conducted by Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center estimate that NCD-related economic burdens will exceed 50 million $ in 2004.
According to the death registration report in IRAN, the first cause of deaths is CVD. Although CVD is the first cause of deaths, and the risk of getting a cardiovascular disease increases by 1.5 times in people who do not follow minimum physical activity recommendations, over 60% of the global population in Iran is not physically active enough to gain health benefits, especially girls and women , and the population’s sedentary life style is one of the public health problem in IRAN. Several reports have shown that a combination of improper diet, lack of physical activity and tobacco use may be the cause of up to 80% of premature coronary heart disease in IRAN.
Given the high prevalence of Non-communicable diseases in Iran, the fact that they constitute most important cause of mortality in the country (46%, based on a report by the Iranian Ministry of Health), the rising prevalence of coronary diseases in the younger population (17% in the fifth and sixth decades, to 28% during the last three years), estimates of the prevalence of risk factors in the society (10%), and the economic burdens of such diseases (costs of hospitalization in teaching hospitals in Isfahan amounting to some 3,750,000 $ in 1989, reaching 19 million and 5 hundred thousand $ in 1994), studies conducted by Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center estimate that NCD-related economic burdens will exceed 50 million $ in 2004.
According to the death registration report in IRAN, the first cause of deaths is CVD. Although CVD is the first cause of deaths, and the risk of getting a cardiovascular disease increases by 1.5 times in people who do not follow minimum physical activity recommendations, over 60% of the global population in Iran is not physically active enough to gain health benefits, especially girls and women , and the population’s sedentary life style is one of the public health problem in IRAN. Several reports have shown that a combination of improper diet, lack of physical activity and tobacco use may be the cause of up to 80% of premature coronary heart disease in IRAN.
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