The Most Important Causes of Death in Iranian Population; a Retrospective Cohort Study.

2015139 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Soheil Saadat · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Mahmoud Yousefifard · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Hadi Asady · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Ali Moghadas Jafari · Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

Mohammad Fayaz · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Mostafa Hosseini · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Based on the findings, it seems that cardiovascular diseases, motor vehicle accidents, cancers, intentional and unintentional injuries are the major causes of death in Iranian population. Most of years of life lost were due to motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular diseases and cancers, intentional and unintentional injuries, respectively.

Topics & Keywords

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 16-21

DOI: 10.22037/aaem.v3i1.258

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