TY - JOUR
T1 - Intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015
T2 - findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
AU - GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Intentional Injuries Collaborators
AU - Mokdad, Ali H.
AU - Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
AU - Charara, Raghid
AU - El Bcheraoui, Charbel
AU - Khalil, Ibrahim
AU - Afshin, Ashkan
AU - Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
AU - Collison, Michael
AU - Chew, Adrienne
AU - Krohn, Kristopher J.
AU - Daoud, Farah
AU - Colombara, Danny
AU - Graetz, Nicholas
AU - Kutz, Michael
AU - Wang, Haidong
AU - Abd-Allah, Foad
AU - Abu-Raddad, Laith J.
AU - Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar
AU - Beshir Ahmed, Muktar
AU - Alam, Khurshid
AU - Alghnam, Suliman
AU - Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
AU - Al-Raddadi, Rajaa
AU - Altirkawi, Khalid A.
AU - Anber, Nahla
AU - Anwari, Palwasha
AU - Avila-Burgos, Leticia
AU - Awasthi, Ashish
AU - Barac, Aleksandra
AU - Barker-Collo, Suzanne L.
AU - Bedi, Neeraj
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Borschmann, Rohan
AU - Boufous, Soufiane
AU - Butt, Zahid A.
AU - Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A.
AU - Dalal, Koustuv
AU - Danawi, Hadi
AU - De Leo, Diego
AU - Dharmaratne, Samath D.
AU - Djalalinia, Shirin
AU - Doyle, Kerrie E.
AU - Esteghamati, Alireza
AU - Faro, André
AU - Farvid, Maryam S.
AU - Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad
AU - Fischer, Florian
AU - Tewelde Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye
AU - Gutiérrez, Reyna A.
AU - Hafezi-Nejad, Nima
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objectives: We used GBD 2015 findings to measure the burden of intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) between 1990 and 2015. Methods: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study defines intentional injuries as a combination of self-harm (including suicide), interpersonal violence, collective violence (war), and legal intervention. We estimated number of deaths, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for each type of intentional injuries. Results: In 2015, 28,695 individuals (95% UI: 25,474–37,832) died from self-harm, 35,626 (95% UI: 20,947–41,857) from interpersonal violence, and 143,858 (95% UI: 63,554–223,092) from collective violence and legal interventions. In 2015, collective violence and legal intervention was the fifth-leading cause of DALYs in the EMR and the leading cause in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya; they account for 49.7% of total DALYs in Syria. Conclusions: Our findings call for increased efforts to stabilize the region and assist in rebuilding the health systems, as well as increasing transparency and employing preventive strategies to reduce self-harm and interpersonal injuries.
AB - Objectives: We used GBD 2015 findings to measure the burden of intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) between 1990 and 2015. Methods: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study defines intentional injuries as a combination of self-harm (including suicide), interpersonal violence, collective violence (war), and legal intervention. We estimated number of deaths, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for each type of intentional injuries. Results: In 2015, 28,695 individuals (95% UI: 25,474–37,832) died from self-harm, 35,626 (95% UI: 20,947–41,857) from interpersonal violence, and 143,858 (95% UI: 63,554–223,092) from collective violence and legal interventions. In 2015, collective violence and legal intervention was the fifth-leading cause of DALYs in the EMR and the leading cause in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya; they account for 49.7% of total DALYs in Syria. Conclusions: Our findings call for increased efforts to stabilize the region and assist in rebuilding the health systems, as well as increasing transparency and employing preventive strategies to reduce self-harm and interpersonal injuries.
KW - Burden of disease
KW - Eastern mediterranean region
KW - Intentional injuries
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U2 - 10.1007/s00038-017-1005-2
DO - 10.1007/s00038-017-1005-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 28776251
AN - SCOPUS:85026846328
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 63
SP - 39
EP - 46
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
ER -