Western lifestyles affect Arab health

According to research results published in the medical journal The Lancet on January 20, cardiovascular disease and stroke took the place of infectious diseases to become the leading cause of premature death in the Arab countries.

Scientists consider this a consequence of the "lifestyle disorder" following the trend of Western society in Arab countries.

Based on data from the " Global Burden of Disease" study conducted in 2010, an international team of scientists compared the health status of people in 22 countries in the Arab League in 1990 and 2010.

Accordingly, in 1990, respiratory infections leading the list were fatal, accounting for 11% of all deaths, while premature death and malnutrition also accounted for high mortality rates.

Cardiovascular disease and stroke have become the leading causes of premature death in Arab countries.(Source: foxnews.com)

Currently, these problems still exist in low-income countries such as Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia and Yemen, but overall, the mortality rate from infectious diseases, except for HIV, has decreased.

In 2010, the leading fatal diseases in Arab countries were heart disease (accounting for 14.3% of deaths), stroke, respiratory infections, diarrhea, diabetes, and death. Road accident and chronic liver disease.

In addition, the rates of premature and sickness due to problems related to drug use and alcohol were also higher than two decades ago.

According to the study, depression, anxiety, domestic violence, low back pain and neck pain are becoming increasingly common causes of poor health.

According to scientists, all these signs show that Arab countries are undergoing a "major epidemiological transition". In fact, this epidemiological profile is similar to Western Europe, the US and Canada.

According to the authors of the study, unrest in some countries can have a big impact on people's health.

The report underscores many of the health successes of Arab countries today, such as increasing life expectancy, reducing mortality in babies and women due to childbirth, which can be destroyed by war and lack of health services, such as sanitation systems, monitoring and vaccination programs, leading to disease outbreaks.