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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.

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)...

Information related to Analysis, Capacity of Response Indicators, Use of Health Service, Adolescent Risk Factors, and Adult Risk Factors Indicators.

for [Insert Site/Country and Survey year]. Prepared by (including date and contact information)...

This is the generic STEPS Instrument template which sites/countries will use to develop their tailored instrument. It contains the: CORE items (unshaded boxes), EXPANDED items (shaded boxes),and Response options for Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3

This is the generic STEPS Instrument which sites/countries will use to develop their tailored instrument. It contains the: CORE items (unshaded boxes) and EXPANDED items (shaded boxes).

PanamSTEPS Manual

PART 4 Section 4 Reporting and Disseminating Results

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.