CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ˜CVDs˚ GLOBAL FACTS AND FIGURES
THE WORLD'S MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CVDs GLOBAL FACTS AND FIGURES
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) - diseases of the heart or blood vessels, commonly referred to as heart disease or stroke
ABOUT CVDs...
The number 1 cause of death worldwide
Disease
CVDs Cancers Respiratory diseases Diabetes
Annual lobal deaths
Over 17 million 8.2 million 4 million 1.5 million
31%
lobal deaths
from CVDs
Over 23 million
predicted deaths from CVDs by 2030
Low and middle income
countries most a ected by CVD deaths
Many CVDs are preventable by addressin
behavioural risk factors
2025
25%
25% by 2025
World Health Or anization (WHO) tar et to reduce premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) ? of which CVDs make up the lar est proportion
Heart disease and stroke
cause a third of all
deaths in women worldwide
CVD DEATHS ACROSS THE WORLD
Total number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases in the world: 17.3m
EUROPE 4,584,000
THE AMERICAS 1,944,000
EAST MED. 1,195,000
AFRICA 1,254,000
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
3,616,000
WESTERN PACIFIC 4,735,000
A snap-shot from di erent corners of the world
ARGENTINA
INDIA
UK
53% - increase in patients with hypertension in 15 years (1996-2011)
15% - Indian population that smokes tobacco
?15 billion ? the economic burden of CVDs every year
AUSTRALIA
MEXICO
URUGUAY
Over 25% of Australian men 33% of Mexican women are
have hypertension
obese
Smoke-free law ? the first country in Latin America, March 2006
BRAZIL
RUSSIA
4,000 ? extra wide seats made for the 2014 World Cup for the increasin obese population
24 litres ? pure alcohol consumed by the avera e Russian man each year
USA
Since 1980 ? double the number of overwei ht children
CHINA
SOUTH AFRICA
Ci arettes ? about every 1 in 3 smoked in the world is in China
New su ar tax ? the first in Africa, starts in April 2017
INCREASING PREVALENCE OF CVD RISK FACTORS
600 million to one billion - rise in the number of people with uncontrolled hypertension from 1980 to 2008
Overwei ht children in the world - 1 in 10 school-a ed; 42 million under the a e of five
One billion - smokers in the world. Tobacco is a totally avoidable risk factor of CVDs
Diabetes - increased in many European countries by more than 50% in the last ten years
Globally 23% - of adults were insu ciently active in 2010
WHY TAKING ACTION ON CVDs NOW IS CRITICAL
Premature deaths will continue to rise
A ein populations + urbanisation + inadequate prevention = cardiovascular
epidemic
Increasin Inequalities
Low and middle-income countries are now most a ected ? account for
80% of CVD deaths
Economics
US $863 billion - lobal cost of CVDs
To reverse CVD trends increased investment in prevention strategies is needed
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