[Status of health and oral health of the elderly population in Lebanon].
[Status of health and oral health of the elderly population in Lebanon].
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[黎巴嫩老年人口的健康和口腔健康状况]。
DOI：
10.26719/2015.21.5.349
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
S. Tubert
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作者：
N. Osta;M. Hennequin;L. Osta;N. Naaman;N. Geahchan;S. Tubert
随着越来越多的人进入老年，黎巴嫩正处于人口结构转型期;黎巴嫩10%的人口是老年人。慢性病和口腔疾病的发病率随着年龄的增长而显著增加。55%的老年人没有医疗保险，82%的老年人没有牙科保险。非传染性疾病和口腔疾病都是该国的主要健康负担，具有相同的风险因素。因此，世卫组织预防和控制非传染性疾病的战略应成为预防和控制黎巴嫩老年人牙病的新方法。本文旨在提高黎巴嫩医学界对老年人一般健康和口腔健康之间相互关系的认识，并得出结论，卫生部需要制定防治非传染性疾病的政策和国家行动计划，不仅要降低非传染性疾病的死亡率，还要降低口腔疾病的发病率。
Lebanon is in demographic transition as more people reach increasingly older age; 10% of the population in Lebanon is elderly. The incidence of chronic diseases and oral diseases increases significantly with age. However, 55% of the elderly have no health insurance and 82% have no dental insurance. Both noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and oral diseases are a major health burden in the country and share the same risk factors. The WHO strategy for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases should therefore be a new approach for the prevention and control of dental diseases among Lebanese elderly. This paper aims to increase the awareness of the medical community in Lebanon about the interrelationship between general and oral health in the elderly and concludes with the need for the Ministry of Health to develop policies and national action plans against NCDs to reduce not only mortality from NCDs but also morbidity from oral diseases.