Global Cardiovascular Mortality: Are We Making a Difference?

The Global Burden of Disease Study shows that increases are due primarily to aging and to population increases, whereas age-specific rates are declining overall.

Cardiovascular mortality is increasing around the world. Investigators from the Global Burden of Disease Study sought to illuminate the principal causes. Using mortality data from 188 countries, they investigated demographic and epidemiologic factors underlying regional changes in cardiovascular mortality.

From 1990 to 2013, worldwide deaths from cardiovascular disease increased by 41%. The increase was largely a result of the aging of populations and the growth of populations. Ischemic heart disease was the leading contributor to the increase in cardiovascular deaths. Meanwhile, age-specific cardiovascular death rates dropped markedly, with an overall decline of 39%. The notable exception was atrial fibrillation, which increased markedly ev…

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Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

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Consultant/Advisory BoardUnited Healthcare; Element Science; Eyedentifeye, F-Prime

EquityHugo Health; Refactor Health; Element Science

Grant/Research SupportPfizer; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Janssen Research and Development, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Cancer Institute; American Heart Association

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardUnited Healthcare; Element Science; Eyedentifeye, F-Prime

EquityHugo Health; Refactor Health; Element Science

Global Cardiovascular Mortality: Are We Making a Difference?

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