RT Book, Section
A1 Benziger, Catherine P.
A1 Moran, Andrew E.
A1 Roth, Gregory A.
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161722940
T1 THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161722940
RD 2024/04/24
AB Cardiovascular  diseases  (CVDs)  are  the  most  common  cause  of  premature  death  in  the  world.  Although  there  has  been  a  steady  decrease  in  mortality  rates  for  CVDs  beginning  in  the  last  third  of  the  20th  century  in  high-income  countries,  many  low-  and  middle-income  countries  (LMICs)  have  not  benefited  from  this  favorable  trend.  As  a  result,  more  than  17  million  people  died  from  CVDs  in  2013,  and  as  a  consequence  of  the  large  populations  in  many  LMICs,  nearly  70%  of  CVD  deaths  occurred  in  LMICs  and  50%  were  in  women.  CVDs  account  for  50%  of  all  noncommunicable  disease  (NCD)  deaths  in  the  world  each  year,  and  represent  a  significant  threat  to  human  welfare  and  sustainable  development.  CVDs  are  the  leading  cause  of  death  in  every  region  of  the  world,  with  the  exceptions  of  sub-Saharan  Africa—where  infectious  diseases  are  still  the  leading  cause  of  death—and  South  Korea  and  Japan,  where  cancers  cause  more  deaths.