Cardiovascular Health

In 2001, 16.6 million deaths globally were due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD); this figure will increase to 25 million by 2025. The two leading causes of death worldwide are cardiovascular coronary heart disease (which causes heart attack and heart failure) and cerebrovascular disease (which causes stroke). The direct and indirect costs of CVD are high: enormous health care costs and productivity/income losses. Of all global deaths from CVD, 65 percent occur in developing countries. This will increase to 75 percent by 2025. By then, cardiovascular disorders will be the biggest cause of lost disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide, and the second leading cause of DALY loss in developing countries. In developing countries, cardiovascular diseases predominantly affect people of working age (30-64 years). Death and disability in middle age has major social and economic consequences Prevention or treatment of risk factors for CVD is effective and sustainable in the long run. The risk of CVD can be reduced quickly and substantially with successful preventive practices. This also has a favorable impact on other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that share the same risk factors. Treatment of established CVD is expensive and resource intensive. Unregulated private health systems tend to direct a large proportion of resources to costly cardiovascular technologies available only to the wealthy few.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-01
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, BODY WEIGHT, BRAIN, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS, CHOLESTEROL, CHRONIC DISEASE, CIGARETTE SMOKING, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPLICATIONS, CORONARY HEART DISEASE, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIABETES, DIET, DIETS, DISABILITY, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISEASE BURDEN, DISEASE PREVENTION, EPIDEMIC, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, ETHNIC GROUPS, FACT SHEET, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, HEALTH BELIEFS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE COSTS, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH RESEARCH, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, HEART ATTACK, HEART FAILURE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH-RISK, HYPERTENSION, IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION, INCOME COUNTRIES, INJURIES, INTERVENTION, LEADING CAUSES, LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL POPULATION, LOW INCOME, MEDIA COVERAGE, MEDICAL CURRICULA, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RISK, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, NCD, NUMBER OF ADULTS, NURSES, NUTRITION, OBESITY, OLD MAN, OVERWEIGHT, PATIENTS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICIANS, POLLUTION, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION GROUPS, PREMATURE DEATH, PREVENTION STRATEGIES, PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES, PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, PRIMARY CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RISK FACTOR, RISK FACTORS, RISK REDUCTION, SCREENING, SMOKERS, SMOKING, SODIUM, SYNDROMES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, THERAPEUTIC MEASURES, THERAPY, TOBACCO, TOBACCO ADVERTISING, TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, TOBACCO CONTROL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, TOBACCO USE, TREATMENT, URBANIZATION, WALKING, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/11999699/cardiovascular-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9744
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