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IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 7, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(6):1530-1531; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl244
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Commentary: Shifting burden of disease—epidemiological transition in India

Maria A Quigley

National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK. E-mail: maria.quigley@npeu.ox.ac.uk

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Non-communicable diseases are rapidly increasing in many developing countries, largely due to demographic and lifestyle changes. It is estimated that nearly half the disease burden in low- and middle-income countries is from non-communicable diseases, and more than 21% of deaths in such countries are due to cardiovascular diseases.1 Cancer is not yet among the top ten leading causes of death in developing countries,1 but the incidence of cancer in such countries is increasing. In the year 2000, 80% of new cases of cervical cancer occurred in the developing world2 and it is estimated that 56% of all . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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