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Health dimensions of sex and reproduction : the global burden of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, maternal conditions, perinatal disorders, and congenital anomalies / edited by Christopher J.L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez.
LIBRA RG106.3 .H4 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Global burden of disease and injury series ; v. 3.
- Global burden of disease and injury series ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth.
- Epidemiology.
- Abnormalities, Human--Epidemiology.
- Abnormalities, Human.
- HIV infections--Epidemiology.
- HIV infections.
- Sexually transmitted diseases--Epidemiology.
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
- Pregnancy--Complications--Epidemiology.
- Pregnancy--Complications.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases--epidemiology.
- HIV Infections--epidemiology.
- Pregnancy Complications--epidemiology.
- Abnormalities--epidemiology.
- Global Health.
- Pregnancy.
- Childbirth--Complications--Epidemiology.
- World health--Statistics.
- World health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases--epidemiology.
- HIV Infections--epidemiology.
- Pregnancy Complications--epidemiology.
- Abnormalities--epidemiology.
- Global Health.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Global burden of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, maternal conditions, perinatal disorders, and congenital anomalies
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Ma. : Harvard School of Public Health, [1998]
- Summary:
- From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health -- accounting for 25 percent of the global disease burden in adult women. In sub-Saharan Africa, they account for over 40 percent. The catastrophic effects of reproductive ill-health, however, are not limited to women; for infants and adult men, they inflict 25 percent and 1 percent respectively.
- This volume offers comprehensive data and detailed discussions of the epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies and perinatal conditions. Projections of the HIV epidemic are also provided; by 2020 HIV is projected to double to 2.5 percent of the global disease burden.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Published by the Harvard School of Public Health on behalf of the World Health Organization and the World Bank"--T.p.
- DALY (Disability-Adjusted Life Year) or DALYS (Disability-Adjusted Life Years) plus other statistics on disease/injury with global, or international coverage and regional groupings for data charts.
- Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study that provides a comparative index of the burden of each disease or injury: DALYS (Disability-Adjusted Life Years) lost from either premature death or years lived with disability.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0674383354
- OCLC:
- 39443303
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