Comparison of mortality attributable to risk factors in selected Latin American countries.

MOLINATTI, FLORENCIA; PELÁEZ, ENRIQUE; ACOSTA, LAURA DÉBORA

Cape Town

Conferencia; XXVIII International Population Conference.; 2017

IUSSP

Common, preventable risk factors underlie most Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs): cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and external causes. Most NCDs are the result of four particular behaviors (tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and the harmful use of alcohol) that lead to four key metabolic/physiological changes (raised blood pressure, overweight/obesity, raised blood glucose and raised cholesterol) (WHO, 2016).The Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol defines ?harmful use? as drinking that causes detrimental health and social consequences for the drinker, the people around the drinker and society at large, as well as the patterns of drinking that are associated with increased risk of adverse health outcomes (WHO, 2014). Harmful use of alcohol are implicated directly or indirectly; in some neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g. alcohol use disorders; gastrointestinal diseases (e.g. liver cirrhosis); some types of cancers (e.g. colon and rectum cancer); intentional and intentional injuries; fetal alcohol syndrome and cardiovascular diseases (Kessler, 2004; Boden & Fergusson, 2011; Rehm et al., 2010; Seitz et al., 2012; Nelson et al., 2013; WHO, 2014).Direct mortality of tobacco is currently responsible for the death of about 5 million of people in the world. An additional 600,000 people are also estimated to die for exposition to tobacco smoke (Mathers & Loncar, 2006). Tobacco consumption is associated con disability and deaths for NCDs: cancer -especially lung cancer-, cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the respiratory system (Öberg et al, 2011).The World Health Organization (WHO) states that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing in both the developed and the developing world (WHO, 2000). The consequences of overweight are manifold: from an increased risk of premature death to complications that affect the quality of life of the individual, increasing morbidity. Overweight and obesity are one of main risk factor for the NCDs: diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as being associated with numerous psychological consequences (WHO, 2000). AimTo compare the mortality attributable to some risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol and weight excess) in selected Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and México) between 2010-2013.