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PUBLIC HEALTH & PRIMARY CARE

An assessment of the coverage of non-communicable disease research reported in British and Irish newspapers, 2002-13

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Article: 1757566 | Received 05 Jan 2020, Accepted 06 Apr 2020, Published online: 05 May 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. The burden of disease, as a percentage of all DALYs, from five non-communicable diseases in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland (IE), 2000 and 2015, and the ratio between them

Table 2. The burden of disease, as a percentage of all DALYs from cancer and from mental health disorders, from six manifestations of cancer and six mental health disorders in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland (IE), 2000 and 2015, and the ratio between them

Figure 1. Numbers of papers in SCI that treat of newspaper stories of medical research

Figure 1. Numbers of papers in SCI that treat of newspaper stories of medical research

Figure 2. Distribution of media stories between the five non-communicable diseases: IET = Irish Times; DML = Daily Mail; GDN = The Guardian

Figure 2. Distribution of media stories between the five non-communicable diseases: IET = Irish Times; DML = Daily Mail; GDN = The Guardian

Figure 3. Comparison of the relative coverage given to the five NCDs in the three newspapers with the relative disease burden from them in the UK and Ireland in 2000–2015

Figure 3. Comparison of the relative coverage given to the five NCDs in the three newspapers with the relative disease burden from them in the UK and Ireland in 2000–2015

Table 3. Numbers of contributions to stories or cited research papers by journalists, researchers and commentators from three newspapers, males and females, and percentage of females (% F)