Background Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as
other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World …

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) result in more deaths globally than other
causes. Monitoring systems require strengthening to attribute the NCD burden and deaths in …

Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) is undergoing an epidemiological transition with
increased mortality from NCDs. This study examined NCDs-attributed mortality and …

Introduction In developing countries, mortality and disability from non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) is rising considerably. The effect of social determinants of NCDs-attributed …

Background About 80% of deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) occur in
developing countries such as Kenya. However, not much is known about the burden of …

Objectives. National trends in age-standardised death rates (ASDRs) for non communicable
diseases (NCDs) in South Africa (SA) were identified between 1997 and 2010. Methods. As …

Objectives To determine patterns and risk factors for cause‐specific adult mortality in rural
southern Tanzania. Methods The study was a longitudinal open cohort and focused on …

Background Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of
mortality are often made using scanty data. The INDEPTH Network works to alleviate this …

Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have slowly risen to the top of
the global health agenda and the reduction of premature NCD mortality was recently …

Background The reduction by a third of premature non-communicable disease (NCD)
mortality by 2030 is the ambitious target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4 …