Recent Trends of Morbidity and Mortality in Sri Lanka

Dissanayake, Lakshman

dc.contributor.author	Dissanayake, Lakshman
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-26T06:33:16Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-26T06:33:16Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	Annual research Symposium 2012, University of Colombo	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=nDLEuLkAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=nDLEuLkAAAAJ:Se3iqnhoufwC
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/4486
dc.description.abstract	Life expectancy values for Sri Lanka were 68 and 74 years respectively for the years 1980 and 2008. Sri Lanka's present situation is very similar to countries like United Kingdom, Italy and France in 1980. This means that Sri Lanka seems to be following the trend of the countries which were exposed to the 'cardiovascular revolution'in the 1970s but with a time lag. Like in the West, Sri Lanka can expect its life expectancy to continue to grow with a continuing postponement of deaths from degenerative diseases. Similarly, it can be ...	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	morbidity, epidemiology, mortality, degenerative diseases, communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, medical technology	en_US
dc.title	Recent Trends of Morbidity and Mortality in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US