The Clustering of World Countries Regarding Causes of Death and Health Risk Factors

YILMAZ IŞIKHAN S., GÜLEÇ D.

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.47, no.10, pp.1520-1528, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1520-1528
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: We aimed to determine how many clusters, WHO member countries would be grouped based on the causal rates of disease-specific deaths and preventable risk factors, and evaluated the cluster memberships using some sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors.