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GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS . Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major RISKS GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS . Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major RISKS World HEALTH Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS : mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major RISKS . 1. Risk factors. 2. World HEALTH . 3. Epidemiology. 4. Risk assessment. 5. Mortality - trends. 6. Morbidity - trends. 7. Data analysis, Statistical. I. World HEALTH Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156387 1. (NLM classification: WA 105). World HEALTH Organization 2009. All rights reserved. Publications of the World HEALTH Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World HEALTH Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail: Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO.)

estimated 39% of these deaths (4.1 million) were caused by micronutrient deficiencies, underweight, suboptimal breastfeeding and preventable envi-ronmental risks. Most of these preventable deaths occurred in the WHO African Region (39%) and the South-East Asia Region (43%). Nine environmental and behavioural risks,

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