TABLE 3—
Final 20 Most Important and Most Preventable Health Problems Identified, Composite Index in Different Professional Fields: China, 2015–2016
| Public Health (n = 18) |
Clinical Medicine (n = 28) |
Medical Research (n = 23) |
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| Health Problem | Domain Class | Median (IQR) | Rank | Median (IQR) | Rank | Median (IQR) | Rank | Difference in Rank Order Among Fields |
| Diabetes mellitus | NCD | 0.78 (0.22) | 2 | 0.71 (0.34) | 2 | 0.72 (0.23) | 1 | 1 |
| Hypertension | NCD | 0.80 (0.19) | 1 | 0.66 (0.26) | 3 | 0.72 (0.26) | 1 | 2 |
| CHD/MI | NCD | 0.64 (0.33) | 5 | 0.75 (0.22) | 1 | 0.64 (0.26) | 6 | 5 |
| Air pollution | EO | 0.74 (0.22) | 4 | 0.57 (0.31) | 5 | 0.68 (0.25) | 3 | 2 |
| Lung cancer | NCD | 0.58 (0.27) | 9 | 0.58 (0.27) | 4 | 0.58 (0.22) | 10 | 6 |
| Stroke | NCD | 0.59 (0.33) | 8 | 0.53 (0.31) | 6 | 0.64 (0.25) | 6 | 2 |
| Smoking | UB | 0.77 (0.24) | 3 | 0.53 (0.61) | 6 | 0.38 (0.53) | 13 | 10 |
| Hepatitis | CD | 0.49 (0.37) | 11 | 0.41 (0.56) | 10 | 0.65 (0.23) | 4 | 7 |
| Water pollution | EO | 0.63 (0.28) | 6 | 0.37 (0.51) | 12 | 0.61 (0.19) | 8 | 6 |
| HIV/AIDS | CD | 0.37 (0.51) | 14 | 0.48 (0.38) | 8 | 0.60 (0.22) | 9 | 6 |
| Emerging infectious diseases | CD | 0.39 (0.41) | 13 | 0.35 (0.49) | 14 | 0.65 (0.18) | 4 | 10 |
| Liver cancer | NCD | 0.22 (0.37) | 18 | 0.40 (0.41) | 11 | 0.58 (0.22) | 10 | 8 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | NCD | 0.20 (0.32) | 19 | 0.31 (0.52) | 15 | 0.51 (0.24) | 12 | 7 |
| Unhealthy dieta | UB | 0.61 (0.23) | 7 | 0.28 (0.43) | 17 | 0.00 (0.40) | 19 | 12 |
| Depression | MN | 0.16 (0.28) | 21 | 0.42 (0.38) | 9 | 0.37 (0.49) | 15 | 12 |
| Road injury | I | 0.54 (0.43) | 10 | 0.09 (0.37) | 21 | 0.13 (0.39) | 18 | 11 |
| Contamination of foodb | NF | 0.31 (0.43) | 16 | 0.29 (0.36) | 16 | 0.38 (0.43) | 13 | 3 |
| Obesity and overweight | NCD | 0.49 (0.64) | 11 | 0.21 (0.45) | 19 | 0.00 (0.41) | 19 | 8 |
| Breast cancer | NCD | 0.19 (0.39) | 20 | 0.36 (0.52) | 13 | 0.00 (0.23) | 19 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis | CD | 0.32 (0.43) | 15 | 0.00 (0.33) | 22 | 0.00 (0.32) | 19 | 7 |
Note. CD = communicable diseases; CHD/MI = coronary heart disease/myocardial infarction; EO = environmental and occupational health; I = injuries; IQR = interquartile range; MN = mental and neurologic disorders; NCD = noncommunicable diseases; NF = nutrition and food safety; UB = unhealthy behaviors. All data in the table were weighted by the familiarity of the panelists with each selected health problem.
a
High dietary intake of saturated fat, trans-fats, and salt, and low intake of fruit.
b
Contamination with pesticides, antibiotics, and hormone residues.