TOTAL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS vs MORTALITY DATA from 164 COUNTRIES

Sources: BHF-HEARTSTATS and WHO-MORTALITY (Adapted).

Central African Republic

Liberia Countries, all cause mortality, age-standardized per 100,000

Burundi
All cause mortality, average/regression curve (r=-0.67)
2400 I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions (r=-0.62)
Burkina Faso
I.A. Infectious and parasitic diseases (r=-0.57)
Niger Tanzania
I.B. Respiratory infections (r=-0.68)
I.C. Maternal conditions (r=-0.61)
Mali I.D. Perinatal conditions (h) (r=-0.58)
TC=200 mg/dl
I.E. Nutritional deficiencies (r=-0.41)
2200
Cholesterol in II. Noncommunicable diseases (r=-0.49)
Uganda
Chad Lower cholesterol <> More range 200-240 II.A. Malignant neoplasms (r=-0.08)
Guinea-Bissau Côte d'Ivoire
infectious and parasitic diseases mg/dl <> Lowest II.B. Other neoplasms (r=-0.07)
Rwanda
and possibly higher all cause II.C. Diabetes mellitus (r=-0.05)
South Africa
Namibia cardiovascular mortality mortality II.D. Endocrine disorders (r=-0.13)
2000 II.E. Neuropsychiatric conditions (r=-0.18)
Kenya Ethiopia
II.F. Sense organ diseases (r=-0.05)
II.G. Cardiovascular diseases (r=-0.3)
Countries, II.G. Cardiovascular diseases
Haiti
II.H. Respiratory diseases (r=-0.63)
Guinea II.L. Digestive diseases (r=-0.42)
1800 Benin Togo
II.J. Genitourinary diseases (r=-0.5)
Mauritania Congo
II.K. Skin diseases (r=-0.5)
II.L. Musculoskeletal diseases (r=0.23)
Cambodia
II.M. Congenital anomalies (r=0.17)
All cause mortality, age-standardized per 100,000 (2002).

Lao People's Democratic Rep.

All cause mortality, II.N. Oral conditions (r=0.13)
http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/statistics/bodgbddeathdalyestimates.xls

Eritrea Madagascar
1600 age-standardized III. Injuries (r=-0.5)
Senegal
per 100,000
Gabon
III.A. Unintentional injuries (r=-0.56)
Gambia Ghana
Sudan III.B. Intentional injuries (r=-0.26)

Myanmar
Source: WHO-MORTALITY

Nepal

1400 Yemen Turkmenistan

Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Russian Federation
Mongolia
Bolivia

1200 Kyrgyzstan

I. Communicable, maternal, Egypt

Guatemala Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of
perinatal and nutritional Indonesia
Azerbaijan
Moldova
Ukraine
conditions Uzbekistan Lower all cause mortality Belarus
Honduras
Philippines Dominican Republic for 200<TC<240 mg/dl Trinidad and Tobago
1000 Iran, Islamic Republic of
Brazil Albania
Viet Nam
Lebanon Algeria Peru
Armenia Latvia Sri Lanka
Turkey
El Salvador Jordan
Saudi Arabia Nicaragua
Estonia Macedonia
Syrian Arab Republic Thailand
Morocco Turkmenistan China Serbia and Montenegro
Tunisia Georgia Romania
Malaysia
Ecuador Bulgaria
Mauritius
Paraguay Lithuania United Arab Emirates
I.A. Infectious and Jamaica Libyan Hungary
Arab Jamahiriya
800 Bosnia and Herzegovina
II. Noncommunicable
parasitic diseases Tajikistan Colombia
diseases
Slovakia Kazakhstan
Russian Federation Croatia
Venezuela Poland
Uzbekistan Argentina All cause mortality,
Korea,Mexico
Republic of Ukraine Czech Republic
Moldova
Azerbaijan Kuwait
age-standardized Uruguay
II.G. Cardiovascular Kyrgyzstan
Georgia Slovenia per 100,000 Belarus
Panama
600 diseases Yemen Egypt
Chile Denmark Ireland
Bulgaria
Turkey United States Portugal
Cubaof America
Albania
Sierra Leone Greece United Kingdom Finland Serbia and Montenegro
Sudan Netherlands Macedonia
Armenia Belgium Germany
Angola Liberia Bosnia and
Mongolia Romania Herzegovina Latvia Norway
Lao People's Democratic Rep. New Zealand
Burkina Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mauritania MaliFaso
Niger
Guinea-Bissau Lebanon Spain Italy Austria Israel
Central African Republic
Chad
Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Nepal Estonia
Canada France
Malawi
Bangladesh Rwanda Guinea
Benin Madagascar
Senegal
Togo Ethiopia Tanzania Myanmar Mauritius
India Sweden
Uganda Pakistan
Tunisia
Gambia South Africa Saudi Arabia Gabon Morocco Syrian Arab
HaitiRepublic
Switzerland Australia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya II.G. Cardiovascular
Eritrea Lesotho
Ghana
Kenya
Congo Cambodia Lithuania
Namibia Dominican Republic Jordan diseases
Trinidad and Tobago
400 Mozambique
Zambia Swaziland
Indonesia
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of Slovakia Japan Hungary Croatia United Arab Emirates
Zimbabwe Botswana Brazil Honduras
Philippines
Jamaica Poland VietRepublic
Nam Sri Lanka
Algeria Czech
Nicaragua Kuwait
Paraguay China
Malaysia
Greece Bolivia
Venezuela Ecuador Colombia
El Salvador Slovenia
Cuba Portugal Finland Argentina Ireland Germany Uruguay
Thailand Austria
Guatemala Korea, Republic of United Peru
States of America
200 Other mortality Netherlands
United KingdomPanama
Sweden
Italy Denmark Norway
New Zealand Cardiovascular diseases and
Chile
Mexico Belgium
causes Switzerland
Spain Canada Australia Israel
total cholesterol are weakly
France correlated
Japan

0
150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250
Mean total cholesterol, men (mg/dl), 2005.
Source: BHF-HEARTSTATS
http://www.heartstats.org/documents/download.asp?nodeid=6797