Background Epidemiological transition (ET) theory, first postulated in 1971, has developed
alongside changes in population structures over time. However, understandings of mortality …

Background As we arrive at the new millennium, documenting and reflecting on the past can
guide the future. This is one of the functions of the Epidemiologic Transition Theory. The …

Background The model of epidemiologic transitions has served as a guiding framework for
understanding relationships between patterns of human health and disease and economic …

One of the major drivers of change in the practice of cardiology, in both developed and
developing countries, is population change, whose dynamics can be expressed by secular …

Background Studies of trends in population changes and epidemiological profiles in the
developing world have overwhelmingly relied upon the concepts of demographic …

The epidemiologic transition describes changing patterns of population age distributions,
mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and causes of death. A number of critiques of the theory …

The main feature of the epidemiological transition is a shift in the recorded causes of death
from infectious diseases to other morbid conditions. This paper outlines modifications made …

Abdel Omran's 1971 theory of epidemiological transition is an attempt to account for the
extraordinary advances in health care made in industrialized countries since the 18th …

As spectacular mortality reductions have occurred in all developing nations at all national
income levels, the epidemiologic transition theory suggests that cause-of-mortality patterns …

The" epidemiologic transition theory" was first formulated in a paper published by Omran in
1971.1 This theory provides a stylised description and explanation of the mortality …