Deaths attributable to population risk factor changes in the West Bank between 1998 and 2009
| Risk factors | Risk factor levels | Absolute change in risk factor 1998–2009 | Relative risk (or β coefficient) | Deaths prevented or postponed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2009 | Best estimate | Minimum estimate | Maximum estimate | Proportion of overall deaths (%) | |||
| Cholesterol (total) (mmol/l) | 49 | 46 | 94 | −40.3 | ||||
| Cholesterol (men) | 5.37 | 5.03 | 0.34 | βετα 0.65 | ||||
| Cholesterol (women) | 5.25 | 5.03 | 0.22 | βετα 0.65 | ||||
| Smoking (total) (%) | 40 | 26 | 59 | −32.5 | ||||
| (% men smoking) | 51.5 | 40 | 11.5 | |||||
| (% women smoking) | 5.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | |||||
| Body mass index (BMI) (total) (kg/m2) | −2 | −2 | −5 | −2 | ||||
| BMI (men) | 26.95 | 30.88 | −3.93 | βετα 0.02 | ||||
| BMI (women) | 29.12 | 30.99 | −1.87 | βετα 0.02 | ||||
| Diabetes (total) % | −32 | −27 | −60 | 26.2 | ||||
| Percentage of diabetes (men) | 9.1 | 17.6 | −8.5 | 2 | ||||
| Percentage of diabetes (women) | 12.4 | 14.4 | −2 | 2 | ||||
| Population systolic blood pressure (BP) (total) mm Hg | 43 | 39 | 84 | −35.6 | ||||
| Population BP (men) | 125.57 | 120.3 | 5.27 | βετα 0.053 | ||||
| Population BP (women) | 118.44 | 118.45 | −0.01 | βετα a0.053 | ||||
| Population BP after adjustment for hypertension treatments | 38 | 37 | 61 | −31.5 | ||||
| Physical inactivity | −12 | −8 | −17 | 9.7 | ||||
| Percentage of physical inactivity men | 79.3 | 91.3 | 12 | |||||
| Percentage of physical inactivity women | 87.9 | 93 | 5.1 | |||||
| Estimated total risk factor effects | 81 | 73 | 138 | −66.5 | ||||