National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

• Main Authors: Awoke Misganaw (Author), Tilahun N. Haregu (Author), Kebede Deribe (Author), Gizachew Assefa Tessema (Author), Amare Deribew (Author), Yohannes Adama Melaku (Author), Azmeraw T. Amare (Author), Semaw Ferede Abera (Author), Molla Gedefaw (Author), Muluken Dessalegn (Author), Yihunie Lakew (Author), Tolesa Bekele (Author), Mesoud Mohammed (Author), Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw (Author), Solomon Abrha Damtew (Author), Kristopher J. Krohn (Author), Tom Achoki (Author), Jed Blore (Author), Yibeltal Assefa (Author), Mohsen Naghavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ethiopia lacks a complete vital registration system that would assist in measuring disease burden and risk factors. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015) estimates to describe the mortality burden from communicable, non-communicab...