“By 2050, Croatia could face a serious health picture: more obesity, an increase in cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and mental disorders, along with a simultaneous shortage of doctors and the population’s declining communication skills. This is also warned by the global study Global Burden of Disease by the Institute for Health Metrics, which projects that by 2050, chronic non-communicable diseases will become the dominant cause of morbidity and mortality in almost all European countries, including Croatia. Furthermore, the European report Cancer Country Profile 2025 predicts that the number of new cancer cases in Croatia will increase by around 4% by 2040….” – ordinacija.vecernji.hr
