Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 reveals that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 73.4% of global deaths in 2017, with a 22.7% increase in NCD deaths since 2007, despite a global decrease in the NCD death rate. Conversely, deaths from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional (CMNN) causes decreased significantly.

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