A Study on Death Prevalence due to Obesity in Nigeria from 1990 to 2017

Authors: Khanam S*

DOI: 10.23880/doij-16000232

Volume 5, Issue 4

Abstract

Obesity is a public health problem globally. There are several other communicable diseases such as malaria, measles, HIV etc. are prominent contributors to diseases burden in Africa, but now this disease burden transfer to other noncommunicable diseases such as obesity, respiratory diseases , cancer, cardiovascular diseases etc. This study was conducted to examine prevalence of deaths due to obesity in Nigeria from 1990 to 2017. The data of total population and total deaths reported from 1990 to 2017 were collected from various internet websites. Significant highest death prevalence rate was found in the year 2000 (0.0196%) in that year the total population of Nigeria were 12,22,83,850, and total deaths were 23,984. Significant lowest death prevalence rate was found in the year 2013 (0.0129%) in that year the total population of Nigeria were 17,45,07,539 and total deaths were 22,679.

Keywords: Obesity; Prevalence; Nigeria

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