Hassell T, Hennis A
Barbados National Chronic Non-communicable Diseases Commission, Special Envoy for CNCDs, St Michael, Barbados.
West Indian Med J. 2011 Jul;60(4):384-6.
The United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will take place in New York on September 19 and 20, 2011. This historic event will focus world attention on the chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) for the first time. In 2008, CNCDs, principally cardiovascular disease, cancer; chronic lung diseases and diabetes, accounted for 63% (or 36 million) of the 57 million deaths occurring worldwide. Many of these deaths may be considered premature (involving 9.1 million persons aged less than 60 years), and around 80% of overall deaths occurred in low and middle income countries. Chronic non-communicable diseases are therefore a major cause of premature death, with resulting enormous negative impact on national economies and global development, while continuing to increase at worrying rates particularly in the developing world. Without successful interventions, NCD-related deaths are projected to reach 52 million by 2030.
联合国非传染性疾病问题高级别会议将于2011年9月19日至20日在纽约举行。这一历史性事件将首次使世界关注慢性非传染性疾病。2008年，慢性非传染性疾病（主要是心血管疾病、癌症、慢性肺病和糖尿病）在全球5700万死亡病例中占63%（即3600万例）。其中许多死亡可被视为过早死亡（涉及910万年龄小于60岁的人），并且约80%的总死亡发生在低收入和中等收入国家。因此，慢性非传染性疾病是过早死亡的主要原因，对各国经济和全球发展产生了巨大的负面影响，同时其发生率仍在以令人担忧的速度持续上升，尤其是在发展中世界。如果不采取成功的干预措施，预计到2030年与非传染性疾病相关的死亡人数将达到5200万。
