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People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses. Vietnamese proverb

Deaths from coronary heart disease

Deaths from coronary heart disease

ICELAND
FINLAND SWEDEN NORWAY ESTONIA UNITED KINGDOM DENMARK IRELAND NETH. BELGIUM GERMANY POLAND CZECH UKRAINE REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA BELARUS LATVIA LITHUANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Number of deaths from coronary heart disease 2002 500 000 and above 100 000499 999 10 00099 999 10009999 less than 1000 no data Top 3
1 531 534

Hypertensive heart disease 735 Diabetes 754 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers 928 Lower respiratory infections 1396 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Violence 473 Self-inflicted injuries 672 Stroke 783 Road traffic accidents 814 Tuberculosis 1036 Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease

HIV/AIDS

Stroke

Civilization kills. Since 1990, more people have died from coronary heart disease than from any other cause. Unlike stroke, coronary heart disease is a comparative newcomer on the world stage. Variations in death rates are marked: they are lower in populations with short life expectancy. Heart disease mortality rates are also affected by differences between countries in the major risk factors, especially blood pressure, blood cholesterol, smoking, physical activity and diet. While genetic factors play a part, 80% to 90% of people dying from coronary heart disease have one or more major risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle. Death rates from coronary heart disease have decreased in North America and many western European countries. This decline has been due to improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, in particular reduced cigarette smoking among adults, and lower average levels of blood pressure and blood cholesterol. It is expected that 82% of the future increase in coronary heart disease mortality will occur in developing countries. Of all coronary heart disease patients who die within 28 days after the onset of symptoms, about two-thirds die before reaching hospital. This highlights not only the need for early recognition of the warning signs of a heart attack, but also the need for prevention.

highest number of deaths from coronary heart disease

LUX. FRA NCE

5825

ANDORRA PORTUGAL SPAIN

C A N A D A

AUSTRIA HUNGARY ROMANIA BOSNIA & SLOVENIA HERZEGOVINA S. MARINO SERBIA & CROATIA MONTENEGRO BULGARIA MONACO ITALY ALBANIA FYR MACEDONIA SWITZ. GREECE

REP. MOLDOVA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
674 881

KAZAKHSTAN
MALTA

MONGOLIA
DPR KOREA REP. KOREA

Despite improvements in survival rates, in the USA, 1 in 4 men and 1 in 3 women still die within a year of a recognized first heart attack.
U S A
MOROCCO

GEORGIA ARMENIA TURKEY CYPRUS LEBANON ISRAEL SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

UZBEKISTAN AZERBAIJAN TURKMENISTAN

KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN

JAPAN

C H I N A
702 925

TUNISIA

IRAQ
JORDAN

ISL . RE P. IRA N
KUWAIT

AFGHANISTAN
MARSHALL ISLANDS KIRIBATI NAURU

4689

BAHAMAS

MEXICO

CUBA

ALGERIA

TURKS & CAICOS (UK) DOMINICAN REP. JAMAICA HAITI BELIZE ST KITTS & NEVIS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA GUATEMALA HONDURAS DOMINICA ST VINCENT & GRENADINES EL SALVADOR ST LUCIA NICARAGUA BARBADOS GRENADA COSTA RICA PANAMA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

PAKISTAN
UAE

BAHRAIN QATAR

NEPAL

BHUTAN

EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA

INDIA
OMAN

BANGLADESH MYANMAR LAO PDR THAILAND PHILIPPINES CAMBODIA SRI LANKA BRUNEI DAR. MALAYSIA SINGAPORE VIET NAM
VANUATU

TUVALU COOK SAMOA ISLANDS NIUE TONGA

CAPE VERDE MAURITANIA SENEGAL GAMBIA

MALI NIGER
BURKINA FASO CTE DIVOIRE

FIJI

CHAD

ERITREA

YEMEN DJIBOUTI

1 531 534

SUDAN

GHANA TOGO BENIN

VENEZUELA COLOMBIA

GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA

NIGERIA ETHIOPIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UGANDA KENYA SOMALIA MALDIVES
PALAU

GUYANA SURINAME

Corona diseas ry heart e the le is now cause ading worldw of death on theide. It is has b rise and true pecome a that r andemic e no borspects ders.

EQUATORIAL CAMEROON GUINEA SAO TOME & PRINCIPE GABON CONGO

ECUADOR

MICRONESIA, FED. STATES OF

DEM. REP. CONGO

RWANDA BURUNDI UNITED REP. TANZANIA COMOROS

SEYCHELLES

PERU

I N D O N E S I A
TIMOR-LESTE

BRAZIL
ANGOLA
ZAMBIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

MALAWI

BOLIVIA
NAMIBIA

MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE BOTSWANA MAURITIUS

CHILE

PARAGUAY

MOZAMBIQUE

SWAZILAND

2399

SOUTH AFRICA

increase in death rates Croatia Kazakhstan +36% +30% +38% +26% +8% +2% +20% +61%

AUSTRALIA

LESOTHO

2279

URUGUAY

+62% +56% +53% +49%

NEW ZEALAND

ARGENTINA

Deaths from coronary heart disease compared with other causes

Number of deaths of people aged 15 to 59 years, and 60 years and over 2002 thousands 1332

en on m milli illion 3.8 .4 m ide 3 and worldw m en fro wom ch year rt ea ea die onary h cor sease. di
-39% -43% -43% -46% -49%

Belarus Ukraine Romania Japan -10% Hungary -2%

Change of heart
Percentage change in coronary heart disease death rates, in people aged 35 to 74 years 19881998 selected countries women men

-11% -15% Greece -19% -30% -29% -29% -29% -40% -20% -52% Portugal USA Netherlands Sweden Luxembourg Australia

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1559 years

60 years and above

-46% Denmark decrease in death rates

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