Health > Heart disease deaths: Countries Compared
Author: chris.lockyer781
Cardiovascular disease is a group of conditions that affect the heart and the blood vessels. In adults, atherosclerosis or buildup of fatty plaques in the arteries is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease. The major risk factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases include smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and high blood sugar. Physical inactivity, advancing age and family history also increase the risk for this disease. Women have a slightly lower risk of cardiovascular disease than men, but the risk rises shortly after menopause.
Annually, there are more people who die from cardiovascular diseases than from any cause. Deaths in low and middle income nations account for 80% of these. This is attributed to higher tobacco use, limited primary prevention programs and poor health care services in these countries.
Compared to higher income countries, those who die from CVDs in lower income countries are younger. In developing countries, as much as 46.7% of CVD deaths occur below the age of 70 years, compared to 26.5% in developed countries.
Cardiovascular disease has a huge impact on the economy of both developing and developed nations. In the United States, the annual spending for this disease is estimated at $444 billion. As its population ages, a greater economic impact is expected. In developing countries, cardiovascular disease was shown to decrease the annual GDP by up to 6.7%, due to deaths of people in the workforce.
Lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation, salt reduction, eating a healthy diet and regular exercise have been shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease. Prevention of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia also lower its risk. In countries where CVD has declined, it was observed that reduction in risk factors such as smoking decreases CVD mortality by 40%, while treatment including medications for dyslipidemia decreases it by 60%.
Citations:
1) Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45688/
2) Reddy KS, Yusuf S. Emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease in developing countries. Circulation. 1998; 97: 596-601.
3) CDC: Heart Disease and stroke Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/dhdsp.htm
4) WHO: Cardiovascular disease. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/
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Interesting observations about Health > Heart disease deaths
- All of the top 2 countries by heart disease deaths are Landlocked.
- All of the bottom 24 countries by heart disease deaths are High income OECD.
- United Kingdom ranked first for heart disease deaths amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1998.
- All of the top 3 countries by heart disease deaths are Christian.
- All of the top 2 countries by heart disease deaths are Eastern European.
- Slovakia ranked first for heart disease deaths amongst European Union in 1998.
- All of the top 5 countries by heart disease deaths are Cold countries'.
- All of the top 4 countries by heart disease deaths are European.
- 12 of the bottom 13 countries by heart disease deaths are NATO.
- France ranked last for heart disease deaths amongst Eurozone in 1998.
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Cardiovascular disease is a group of conditions that affect the heart and the blood vessels. In adults, atherosclerosis or buildup of fatty plaques in the arteries is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease. The major risk factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases include smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and high blood sugar. Physical inactivity, advancing age and family history also increase the risk for this disease. Women have a slightly lower risk of cardiovascular disease than men, but the risk rises shortly after menopause.
Annually, there are more people who die from cardiovascular diseases than from any cause. Deaths in low and middle income nations account for 80% of these. This is attributed to higher tobacco use, limited primary prevention programs and poor health care services in these countries.
Compared to higher income countries, those who die from CVDs in lower income countries are younger. In developing countries, as much as 46.7% of CVD deaths occur below the age of 70 years, compared to 26.5% in developed countries.
Cardiovascular disease has a huge impact on the economy of both developing and developed nations. In the United States, the annual spending for this disease is estimated at $444 billion. As its population ages, a greater economic impact is expected. In developing countries, cardiovascular disease was shown to decrease the annual GDP by up to 6.7%, due to deaths of people in the workforce.
Lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation, salt reduction, eating a healthy diet and regular exercise have been shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease. Prevention of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia also lower its risk. In countries where CVD has declined, it was observed that reduction in risk factors such as smoking decreases CVD mortality by 40%, while treatment including medications for dyslipidemia decreases it by 60%.
Citations:
1) Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45688/
2) Reddy KS, Yusuf S. Emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease in developing countries. Circulation. 1998; 97: 596-601.
3) CDC: Heart Disease and stroke Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/dhdsp.htm
4) WHO: Cardiovascular disease. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/
Posted on 09 Apr 2014
chris.lockyer781
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Posted on 08 Apr 2005
Ian Graham, Staff Editor
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A study from 2007 (Cardiovascular diseases in China - Liu, Lisheng, 2007) pegged stroke at 40%. With an overall death rate of 703 per 100,000 (wikipedia: Demographics of the People's Republic of China), that amounts to about 280 per 100,000. I do not have chinese data about other heart diseases at hand.
So: China = 280 + some extra
Posted on 12 Jan 2012
Henk Poley