10-year trends in noncommunicable disease mortality in the Caribbean region

• Main Authors: Hilda Razzaghi (Author), Damali N. Martin (Author), Sarah Quesnel-Crooks (Author), Yuling Hong (Author), Edward Gregg (Author), Glennis Andall-Brereton (Author), Vilma Gawryszweski (Author), Mona Saraiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Between 2006 and 2016, 70% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs kill nearly 40 million people a year globally, with almost three-quarters of NCD deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess mortality r...