2014 Global geographic analysis of mortality from ischaemic heart disease by country, age and income: Statistics from World Health Organisation and United Nations

Abstract

BackgroundIschaemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and its prevention is a public health priority.MethodWe analysed worldwide IHD mortality data from the World Health Organisation as of February 2014 by country, age and income. Age-standardised mortality rates by country were calculated. We constructed a cartogram which is an algorithmically transformed world map that conveys numbers of deaths in the form of spatial area.ResultsOf the countries that provided mortality data, Russia, the United States of America and Ukraine contributed the largest numbers of deaths. India and China were estimated to have even larger numbers of deaths. Death rates from IHD increase rapidly with age. Crude mortality rates appear to be stable whilst age-standardised mortality rates are falling. Over half of the world's countries (113/216) have provided IHD mortality data for 2008 or later. Of these, 13 countries provided data in 2012. No countries have yet provided 2013 data. Of the 103 remaining countries, 24 provided data in 2007 or earlier, and 79 have never provided data in the ICD9 or ICD10 format.ConclusionsIn the countries for which there are good longitudinal data, predominantly European countries, recent years have shown a continuing decline in age-standardised IHD mortality. However, the progressive aging of populations has kept crude IHD mortality high. It is not known whether the pattern is consistent globally because many countries have not provided regular annual data including wealthy countries such as the United Arab Emirates and large countries such as India and China.

Safety Pharmacology Investigations on the Nervous System: An Industry Survey

“…The increasing size of the aging population is projected to double the incidence of CNS diseases by 2050 (Wright et al, 2010;Alzheimer's Association, 2015). Concurrently, mortalities from heart diseases, stroke and prostate cancer are expected to decline (Nowbar et al, 2014;Torre et al, 2015). In view of this, CNS adverse effect liability and testing for liability are likely to become more important since drugs for CNS indications (including psychiatric and neurological indications, as well as drugs targeting brain tumors and metastases) represent the broad class with the greatest risk of CNS adverse effect liability, because by nature these agents are CNS active and/or CNS penetrant.…”

Decomposition of mortality rates from cardiovascular disease in the adult population: a study for Brazilian micro-regions between 1996 and 2015

“…), or very specific municipalities in Brazil (MANSUR et al, 2002;ISHITANI et al, 2006;MELO et al, 2006;SOUZA et al, 2006;GODOY et al, 2007;ASARIA et al, 2012;NOWBAR et al, 2014;RASELLA et al, 2014;GUIMARÃES et al, 2015). There is an absence and need for studies investigating the variation of cardiovascular disease mortality, taking both time frame and spatial factors into consideration.…”

“…The mortality rate of census tracts with the lowest socioeconomic level was 40% higher than those with the highest socioeconomic conditions. Nowbar et al (2014) performed a geographical study of mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD) by country, age and income using data collected by the United Nations (WHO). Of the countries that provide mortality data, Russia, the USA and Ukraine had the highest number of deaths; however, China and India were estimated to have greater numbers.…”

“…They also found that the number of deaths from IHD increases rapidly with age and that crude mortality rates (CMR) appear to be stable, while CMR standardized for age are declining. Nowbar et al (2014) concluded that in countries where there are accurate and updated records of data, essentially European countries, in recent years, a continuous decline in standardized CMR for ischemic heart disease has been observed. However, the progressive aging of the population maintained high CMR from IHD.…”

Comparative Study of Data Mining Techniques on Heart Disease Prediction System: a case study for the

“…The World Health Organization Statistics 2012 reports have shown enlightens the fact that one in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure a condition that causes around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease. In May 2014, WHO also estimated the rate of 93.49 of heart disease in the Republic of Chad and by 2030, almost 23.6 million worldwide will die due to Heart disease [1].…”