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4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors

Table 4A.27: Risk factor: High blood pressureSFTRETDisease: All causes

Risk factor: High blood pressureSFTRETDisease: All causes
	0-4 years		5-14 years		15-29 years		30-44 years		45-59 years		60-69 years		70-79 years		80+ years		Total
Region	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	All
PAF of Mortality (%)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	10	11	18	21	20	24	15	19	12	15	14
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7	6	22	24	35	44	40	53	36	50	27	43	35
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	3	13	13	19	20	20	23	16	20	12	15	13
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4	3	17	19	26	32	27	35	23	31	15	19	16
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	12	10	22	21	22	21	16	15	10	9	10
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	6	8	13	20	17	23	14	19	3	5	4
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	12	12	22	25	24	29	19	26	11	14	13
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	5	1	12	8	17	15	18	21	18	23	16	20	18
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	12	11	21	23	23	28	18	25	12	15	14
PAF of YLL (%)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	10	11	18	21	20	24	15	19	8	11	9
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7	6	22	24	35	44	40	53	36	49	21	35	27
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	3	13	13	19	20	20	23	16	20	8	10	9
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4	3	17	19	26	32	27	35	23	31	9	12	10
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	12	9	22	21	22	21	16	15	6	5	6
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	6	8	13	19	17	22	14	19	2	2	2
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	12	12	22	24	24	29	19	26	7	8	8
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	5	1	12	8	17	15	18	21	17	22	13	15	14
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	12	11	21	23	23	28	18	25	8	9	8
PAF of DALYs (%)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	7	7	15	15	18	20	14	16	6	7	6
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	5	3	19	16	31	34	35	44	31	42	17	23	20
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	9	8	15	14	16	16	14	16	5	5	5
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	11	10	20	22	23	28	20	25	6	6	6
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	9	6	19	16	20	18	14	13	5	4	4
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	0	5	6	11	15	14	18	12	16	1	2	2
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	9	8	18	18	21	24	16	21	5	6	6
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	1	9	5	14	11	16	16	15	17	9	9	9
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	1	9	7	18	17	20	23	16	20	6	6	6
Attributable Mortality (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9	4	120	84	252	198	323	371	134	278	838	935	1,773
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	23	6	137	62	248	192	286	451	126	452	820	1,163	1,983
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	6	3	37	25	53	42	67	67	47	78	211	215	426
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	1	27	19	45	39	56	61	24	38	156	159	315
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	10	5	138	73	240	187	243	227	87	86	718	579	1,297
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9	4	40	37	55	68	61	87	24	43	189	240	429
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	62	24	499	300	893	727	1,037	1,264	442	976	2,933	3,290	6,223
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9	1	64	22	116	60	214	195	225	485	629	763	1,392
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	71	25	563	322	1,008	787	1,252	1,459	667	1,461	3,561	4,054	7,615
Attributable YLL (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	220	93	2,236	1,677	3,382	2,966	2,874	3,795	668	1,409	9,380	9,940	19,320
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	550	150	2,586	1,237	3,354	2,886	2,578	4,596	572	2,098	9,641	10,968	20,608
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	144	70	699	494	719	637	597	687	215	366	2,375	2,253	4,628
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	83	36	513	385	600	594	505	634	119	202	1,820	1,850	3,670
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	237	130	2,578	1,453	3,249	2,819	2,177	2,377	426	463	8,667	7,242	15,909
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	224	102	742	737	743	1,033	547	894	121	237	2,377	3,004	5,381
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1,458	581	9,354	5,982	12,048	10,936	9,277	12,983	2,122	4,774	34,260	35,257	69,516
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	220	32	1,198	440	1,551	902	1,869	1,940	969	1,971	5,808	5,285	11,093
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1,678	614	10,552	6,422	13,600	11,839	11,146	14,923	3,091	6,745	40,067	40,542	80,610
Attributable DALYs (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	272	117	2,718	2,038	4,049	3,474	3,268	4,244	738	1,530	11,045	11,403	22,447
Europe and Central Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	614	189	2,844	1,444	3,732	3,301	2,819	4,995	614	2,222	10,623	12,152	22,774
Latin America and the Caribbean	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	174	89	819	594	841	741	669	761	239	403	2,742	2,587	5,330
Middle East and North Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	95	42	566	432	663	650	542	674	128	216	1,995	2,014	4,009
South Asia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	281	154	2,885	1,652	3,665	3,155	2,380	2,572	462	501	9,673	8,034	17,707
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	241	113	802	806	802	1,122	579	947	129	254	2,554	3,241	5,795
Low- and middle-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1,678	705	10,635	6,964	13,752	12,442	10,257	14,192	2,309	5,128	38,632	39,431	78,063
High-income countries	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	298	52	1,556	660	1,989	1,233	2,271	2,408	1,120	2,299	7,234	6,652	13,887
WORLD	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1,976	756	12,191	7,625	15,741	13,675	12,528	16,600	3,429	7,427	45,866	46,084	91,950

Source: Authors' calculations.

Note: NA = not applicable.

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4.1 Mortality and the Burden of Disease Attributable to Leading Global Risk Factors, by World Bank Region
4.2 Burden of Disease Attributable to 10 Leading Regional Risk Factors, by Disease Type
4.3 Mediated and Direct Effects of a Risk Factor

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