Global Health Risks: Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks
This document, released today by the World Health Organization, provides a comprehensive assessment of leading risks to global health. This investigation focuses on 24 global risk factors and provides detailed estimates on detrimental health effects due to these risk factors.
In summary, this report found that addressing five key factors – childhood weight, unsafe sex, alcohol use, lack of clean water and sanitation, and high blood pressure – could increase global life expectancy by nearly five years.
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