This report provides the first comprehensive global assessment of within-country inequalities in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors.
NCDs are the leading causes of death globally, yet their burden is not shared equally across populations. Understanding inequalities in NCDs is essential for the development and implementation of effective NCD policies and programmes that reach those with the greatest needs and improve population health overall.
This report covers four major NCDs (cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases) and five major NCD risk factors (alcohol use, obesity and unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity, tobacco use, air pollution). Drawing on nine multicountry data sources, it analyses 35 indicators disaggregated by up to eight dimensions of inequality (age, sex, economic status, education, place of residence, disability status, employment status, migration status).
Additional resources accompany the report, including an advocacy brief, interactive visualizations, country profiles and data.
