Baseline Evaluation: CINDI Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention Programme

CINDI is an European intervention programme against major

noncommunicable diseases (NCD). 12 European countries,

Canada, and Israel are participating in the programme which

is coordinated by the World Health Organization.

The book discribes the baseline situation in the

countries prior to the start of the programme. Trends in the

premature mortality of some major NCDsare given as well as

the prevalence of risk factors for NCDs in the population

(high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, overweight,

smoking).

The results presented stress the necessity of a country-

wide integrated approach: NCDs account for two third of

premature deaths in the CINDI countries and around 70% of

the adult population are at risk for NCDs.