The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy LifeWorld Health Organization, 2002 - 248 pages The World Health Report 2002 measures the amount of disease, disability, and health in the world today that can be attributed to some of the most important risks to human health. Even more importantly, it also calculates how much of this present burden could be avoided in the next 10 years. The World Health Report 2002 represents one of the largest research projects ever undertaken by WHO, in collaboration with experts worldwide. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO, describes this report as a wake up call to the global community. The report quantifies some of the most important risks to human health and examines a range of methods to reduce them. The ultimate goal is to help governments of all countries to lower major risks to health, and thereby raise the healthy life expectancy of their populations. The risk factors range from underweight, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene to high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, and obesity. The report's findings give an intriguing - and alarming - insight into not just the current causes of disease and death and the factors underlying them, but also into human patterns of living and how some may be changing around the world while others remain dangerously unchanged. Dr Brundtland says: This report helps every country in the world to see what measures it can take to reduce risks and promote healthy life for its own population. |
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... tables were coordinated by Michel Beusenberg . Translation coordination and other administrative and production support for the World Health Report team was provided by Shelagh Probst . Further assistance was given by Patrick ...
... Table 1 Basic indicators for all Member States 178 Annex Table 2 Deaths by cause , sex and mortality stratum in WHO Regions , estimates for 2001 186 Annex Table 3 Burden of disease in DALYS by cause , sex and mortality stratum in WHO ...
... Table 4.6 Selected major risks to health : environmental factors 67 Table 4.7 Table 4.8 Selected major risks to health : occupational hazards Selected other risks to health 73 79 Table 4.9 Attributable mortality by risk factor , level ...
... table discussions on risks to health ( 1 , 2 ) . One after another , health ministers or their representatives spelt out the main risks confronting their country . Tobacco , alcohol , unhealthy diet and obesity featured prominently ...
... Table 4.1 ) . These total population impact fractions would be reduced to 23 % , 21 % and 36 % if the impoverished had the same risk factor prevalence as people living on exactly $ 2 per day . Other risks present a more variable pattern ...