What Are the Leading Risk Factors of Disease Responsible for the Most World Deaths and What Countries Contribute Most to the Death Totals Related to These Disease Risk Factors?
Risk Factors for Disease Need Analysis to Prevent Further Increases in Death Quantities Caused by Disease Risk Factors
Most everyone wants to live a long, happy, and healthy life. Unfortunately, this desire is not always fulfilled for a variety of reasons. Risk factors for disease heighten a person’s chances for becoming ill and often lead to premature death. Deaths may have been preventable if different choices had been made by an individual prior to sickness symptoms reaching life-threatening levels. There are many reasons a person might contract and potentially die from a disease. However, in this blog, I plan to showcase analyses on the three main risk factors for disease that have supported the highest death totals in the world from 1990–2017 as identified on the Our World in Data website. The three risk factors of disease expressed as leading to the most deaths in the United States from 1990–2017 are high blood sugar, smoking, and high blood pressure. The risk factors of high blood sugar, smoking, and high blood pressure affected massive death numbers in the world from 1990–2017. These risk factors need to be scrutinized more carefully to lessen the death totals for the future from these disease risk factors. Also, some countries were most responsible for the high death values by the disease risk factors of high blood sugar, smoking, and high blood pressure. Certain countries should enact better health policies to counteract the deadly effects of these disease risk factors and stop the increasing number of deaths from these disease risk factors.
Below are my analyses on the leading risk factors for disease in the world based on obtained Our World in Data website data presented from 1990–2017. The countries contributing the most to the high death totals from these disease risk factors are exhibited with careful application of the data. I created and utilized a Tableau dashboard (the pages of which are shown below) to express my analyses available to interact with (and hover over values) at https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/james.stipanowich/viz/LeadingDiseaseRiskFactorsExploration/NumberofDeathsforLeadingDiseaseRiskFactorsbyYearfrom1990-2017. The leading risk factors of disease from 1990–2017 as determined by Our World in Data were high blood sugar, smoking, and high blood pressure. What countries contributed most to the death totals related to these disease risk factors and need to review their health procedures?
The Our World in Data website identified high blood sugar as the risk factor for disease impacting the third highest number of deaths of any disease risk factor by 2017. How many deaths related to high blood sugar occurred in the world in 2017 and what countries contributed the most to the mass number of deaths from high blood sugar?
In 2017, there were approximately 6.5 million deaths in the world related to high blood sugar (identified by hovering over the WORLD line on the dashboard). High blood sugar-related deaths have generally increased from 1990–2017. India, China, the United States, and Indonesia were the countries found to have the most deaths from high blood sugar of any country from 1990–2017. The death totals from high blood sugar appear to be increasing for India, China, the United States, and Indonesia from 1990–2017.
The Our World in Data website identified smoking as the risk factor for disease impacting the second highest number of deaths of any disease risk factor by 2017. How many deaths related to smoking occurred in the world in 2017 and what countries contributed the most to the mass number of deaths from smoking?
In 2017, there were approximately 7 million deaths in the world related to smoking (identified by hovering over the WORLD line on the dashboard). Smoking-related deaths have generally increased from 1990–2017. China, India, the United States, and Russia were the countries found to have the most deaths from smoking of any country from 1990–2017. The death totals from smoking appear to be increasing for China and India from 1990–2017.
The Our World in Data website identified high blood pressure as the risk factor for disease impacting the most number of deaths of any disease risk factor by 2017. How many deaths related to high blood pressure occurred in the world in 2017 and what countries contributed the most to the mass number of deaths from high blood pressure?
In 2017, there were approximately 10.4 million deaths in the world related to high blood pressure (identified by hovering over the WORLD line on the dashboard). High blood pressure-related deaths have generally increased from 1990–2017. China, India, Russia, and the United States were the countries found to have the most deaths from high blood pressure of any country from 1990–2017. The death totals from high blood pressure appear to be increasing for China and India from 1990–2017.
Top Disease Risk Factors Lead to Substantial Death Totals for the World and Countries Most Associated with the Deaths from These Disease Risk Factors Need Health Methods Reevaluated
People aspire to live a long, happy, and healthy life. When threats to a person’s livelihood occur, there can be extreme consequences that destroy all possibilities for a prospering future. Risk factors for disease are one form of a threat to a person’s livelihood that frequently lead to death. They are especially important to examine because they are sometimes preventable by making better choices. For that reason, in this blog, I analyzed the top three disease risk factors from 1990–2017 as identified on the Our World in Data website with the purpose of enlightening people on disease-related aspects of the world that need improvement. I included analyses on the countries that contribute the most to deaths by disease risk factors to display places most in need of upgraded health policies. My analyzed findings and recommendations for improvements utilizing the Our World in Data data and a Tableau dashboard I created are as follows:
- High blood sugar was the disease risk factor that led to the third most deaths of any disease risk factor in the world from 1990-2017. High blood sugar deaths generally increased around the world from 1990–2017. India, China, the United States, and Indonesia were the countries found to have the most deaths from high blood sugar of any country from 1990–2017. The yearly death totals from high blood sugar appear to be increasing for India, China, the United States, and Indonesia from 1990–2017. Better monitoring of blood sugar levels and changes to diet should occur everywhere, but especially in India, China, the United States, and Indonesia to stop the massive amount of increasing blood sugar-related deaths.
- Smoking was the disease risk factor that led to the second most deaths of any disease risk factor in the world from 1990–2017. Smoking deaths generally increased around the world from 1990–2017. China, India, the United States, and Russia were the countries found to have the most deaths from smoking of any country from 1990–2017. The yearly death totals from smoking appear to be increasing for China and India from 1990–2017. More campaigns to end smoking should be constructed everywhere, but especially in China and India because of the increasing smoking-related deaths.
- High blood pressure was the disease risk factor responsible for the most deaths of any disease risk factor in the world from 1990–2017. High blood pressure deaths generally increased around the world from 1990–2017. China, India, Russia, and the United States were the countries found to have the most deaths from high blood pressure of any country from 1990–2017. The yearly death totals from high blood pressure appear to be increasing for China and India from 1990–2017. Better regulation of blood pressure levels should happen everywhere, but especially in China and India with the increasing high blood pressure deaths.
With this information, I hope that health-related actions and procedures can be improved overall and a prosperous future is possible for more people. Hopefully, death from disease risk factors will start to decrease with a brighter future for all people.
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