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Visualisation | Last updated: 08 Apr 2021

Mortality attributed to high Body Mass Index

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Deaths/100 000 attributable to high Body Mass Index in the EU Member States in 2019 map

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2019) results http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2016-permalink/0cd2fe7b521ecd03d0da0a7b726b4d1c
The data refer to Deaths from all causes, for both sexes in all ages. High BMI is defined as BMI of 22.5 kg/m2 or greater (midpoint of the optimal range of 20-25 kg/m2). Read more about this in the Obesity prevention          .

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