Typically, people in Russia died from some dangerous diseases. This has been told by the head of the World Health Organization Office (WHO) at Moscow Batyr Berdyklychev, Transfer RIA news.
Experts note that in Russia, the main burden of Muslims falls into chronic diseases. These are problems with heart and blood vessels, malignant tumors, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes.
Berdyklychev said these diseases account for more than 80% of the total number of deaths in the country, Mr. Berdyklychev said.
He also listed risk factors: alcohol, smoking, hypertension, too salted food, unhealthy nutrition and air pollution.
All this contributes to the development of diseases and significantly affecting the mortality rate, the head of the WHO office said.
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