Projected impact of population aging on non-communicable disease burden and costs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2020-2030

• Main Authors: David C. Boettiger (Author), Tracy Kuo Lin (Author), Maram Almansour (Author), Mariam M Hamza (Author), Reem Alsukait (Author), Christopher H. Herbst (Author), Nada Altheyab (Author), Ayman Afghani (Author), Faisal Kattan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The number of people aged greater than 65 years per 100 people aged 20-64 years is expected to almost double in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between 2020 and 2030. We therefore aimed to quantify the growing non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in KSA between 2020 and 2030,...