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Risk Factors and Health
The main risk factors to health fall into two categories: behavioural and clinical.
Behavioural risk factors are:- tobacco use
- alcohol use
- physical inactivity
- poor diet
Clinical risk factors are:
- high blood pressure
- overweight and obesity
- high cholesterol
| Risk Factor |
%age DALY's* lost due to all risk factors |
| Tobacco |
23.7 |
| Blood pressure |
16.3 |
| Overweight |
13.4 |
| Alcohol |
12.9 |
| Cholesterol |
12.4 |
| Physical activity |
5.5 |
| Low fruit and vegetable intake |
4.4 |
| Illicit drugs |
4.1 |
| Unsafe sex |
1.2 |
|
* DALY = Disability Adjusted Life Years |
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The following papers explore the epidemiology of risk factors, and an anticipatory care approach as a response:
- Developing Anticipatory Care in Forth Valley (PDF 38 kb - 7 pages)
- An Epidemiological Approach to Developing Risk Factor Strategies (PDF 85 kb - 11 pages)
Of course, many risk factors may be present at the same time, and this is explored in the paper by Lawder R, Harding O, Stockton D, Fischbacher C, Brewster DH, Chalmers J, Finlayson A, Conway DI. BMC Public Health, 2010:
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