The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #36086

Sameera Altuwaijri, MD, MPH¹, Adnan A. Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD¹, Timothy Baker², and Salman A. Wali, MD, MPH³. (1) Department of International Health, School of Hygiene & Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E-8132, Baltimore, MD 21205, (2) International Health, Johns hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore,MD, MD 21205, (3) Department of International Health, Division of Community Health and Health Systems, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Suite E-8132, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-955-3928, altuwaijris@who.int

Saudi Arabia is a high income country that still lacks information on its death registration as well as population census. New data on: 1) Deaths by cause, sex, age and nationality in Saudi Arabia and 2) a recent valid census permit analysis of the burden of disease and mortality in Saudi Arabia. Analytic methods include:Disability Adjusted life Years( DALYs), that was used as a composite indicator to measure the burden of premature deathes for the indigent Saudi population.Results show that over 722382 DALYs for males and 230912 for females are lost due to premature mortality.A comparison was also made among the DALYs of the middle Eastern crescent countries including Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia needs to embark on health planning and allocation of resources reform that may bridge the already existing health provision gap.

Learning Objectives:

• 1.Analyze the burden of premature mortality for the indigent Saudi Population
• 2.Measure, using DALYs,such a burden.
• 3.Compare DALY's of Saudi Arabia to other countries of similar background.
• 4.Set policy guidelines.

Keywords: Mortality, Developing Countries

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.