Lifestyle disorders health Issues

Lifestyle disorders main health  issues in Arab World.

Heart diseases and stroke have replaced infectious disease as the top causes of early death in the Arab world. An international consortium of scientists compared the state of health in the 22 countries of the Arab League in 1990 and in 2010 using data from a vast study.

In 1990 respiratory infection headed the list of concerns accounting for 11% of deaths, while stillbirths and poor nutrition also featured high on the mortality list. These problems are still persist in the low income countries of Arab. But overall, infectious disease with the exception of HIV have receded at top.

The main cause in Arab countries was heart disease, which was implicated in 14.3% of cases. It had ranked second, next on the mortality list was stroke, followed by respiratory infection, diarrhea, diabetes, road injuries and cirrhosis, respectively. The report also pointed to depression, anxiety, domestic violence, lower back pain and neck pain as common and grown sources of ill health all of signs of a region undergoing a major epidemiological transition. Indeed, the epidemiological profile closely resembles that of western Europe the USA and Canada.

The region has also seen a rapid increase in injuries associated with interpersonal violence and self-harm but a decline in injuries from fire, the Arab world has made great progress in increasing life expectancy and reducing infant mortality of maternal deaths.

According to the sources, it is said that material predated most of the events of the Arab uprising.

In some of Arabian countries turbulence could have a big impact on health. Many of the successes that might now be lost because of war and a shortage of health services such as sanitation, surveillance and immunization programmes leading to disease outbreaks.