Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages S6-S10

  Mensah, George A ^a   Roth, Gregory A ^b   Sampson, Uchechukwu K A ^a   Moran, Andrew E ^c   Feigin, Valery L ^d   Forouzanfar, Mohammed H ^b   Naghavi, Mohsen ^b   Murray, Christopher J L ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Global burden of disease; Mortality rate; Sub Saharan africa

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930026080     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: 16800745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2015-036     Document Type: Article

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