TY - JOUR AU - Simoes, Eduardo J. AU - Bouras, Adam AU - Cortez-Escalante, Juan Jose AU - Malta, Deborah C. AU - Porto, Denise Lopes AU - Mokdad, Ali H. AU - de Moura, Lenildo AU - Neto, Otaliba Libanio Morais PY - 2015 DA - 2015/05/01 TI - A priority health index identifies the top six priority risk and related factors for non-communicable diseases in Brazilian cities JO - BMC Public Health SP - 443 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - In Brazil, 72% of all deaths in 2007 were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCD). We used a risk and related factor based index to prioritize NCD prevention programs in the combined 26 capital cities and the federal district (i.e., Brasilia) of Brazil. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1787-1 DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-1787-1 ID - Simoes2015 ER -