Chronic diseases of lifestyle in SA

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Abstract


Chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL) were responsible for some 206 000 deaths in 2000 – more than half of these people younger than age 65 – and this number is expected to rise to more than 243 000 per year by 2010, according to the Medical Research Council’s recent report ‘Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle in South Africa: 1995-2005’.

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