During the last fifty years the major cause of death and disability in Jamaica has changed from communicable and infectious diseases to chronic non-communicable disease conditions.

Información sobre Factores de Riesgo en adultos, Factores de Riesgo en adolescentes, uso de los servicios de salud, indicadores de la capacidad de respuesta y análisis.

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Este es el instrumento STEPS estándar que los países/sitios utilizarán para desarrollar su propio instrumento. Contiene: Las secciones principales (las casillas con fondo blanco), las acciones ampliadas (las casillas con fondo gris) y las respuestas posibles para Step 1, Step 2 y Step 3.

Este es el instrumento STEPS estándar que los países/sitios utilizarán para desarrollar su propio instrumento. Contiene: Las secciones principales (las casillas con fondo blanco), las secciones ampliadas (las casillas con fondo gris) y las respuestas posibles para Step 1, Step 2 y Step 3.

Age-standardized mortality rates can be used to compare the mortality rates of countries without being affected by the difference in age distributions from country to country. Without using this standardization, it would be unclear if differing mortality rates were due to age or as a result of other factors.

With a global momentum to scale up the response to the leading national and Regional public health burden in morbidity, premature mortality and disability generated by chronic non communicable diseases (CNCD) and their risk factors (RF)...

The St Kitts STEPS Survey was a population-based country cross-sectional assessment of the key chronic diseases and their risk factors in adults aged 25-64 years. It was carried out from October 2007 – January 2008 using the Pan American version of the WHO STEPS surveillance methodology and questionnaire.