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Misfortunes always come in by a door that has been left open for them. Czechoslovakian proverb

Global burden of coronary heart disease

Healthy years of life lost to coronary heart disease

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DALYs lost per 1000 population, age-standardized estimates for 2002

Disability-adjusted life years combine years of potential life lost due to premature death with years of productive life lost due to disability

30 and above 2029 1019

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost can be thought of as healthy years of life lost. They indicate the total burden of a C A N A D A disease, as opposed to simply the resulting deaths. Cardiovascular disease is Coronary heart disease burden is projected to responsible for 10% of DALYs rise from around 47 million DALYs globally in lost in low- and middle-income 1990 to 82 million DALYs in 2020. countries, and 18% in highU S A income countries. A heart attack occurs when the BAHAMAS CUBA blood vessels supplying the heart MEXICO DOMINICAN muscle become blocked, starving REP. JAMAICA HAITI BELIZE MAURITANIA it of oxygen, leading to the heart ST KITTS & NEVIS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA GUATEMALA HONDURAS CAPE VERDE DOMINICA SENEGAL ST VINCENT & GRENADINES EL SALVADOR ST LUCIA muscles failure or death. Heart GAMBIA NICARAGUA BARBADOS GRENADA GUINEA-BISSAU attack has the same risk factors as TRINIDAD & TOBAGO COSTA RICA GUINEA VENEZUELA PANAMA GUYANA SIERRA LEONE CVD in general. Cold weather, SURINAME LIBERIA COLOMBIA exercise, or strong emotion can precipitate a heart attack. ECUADOR Coronary heart disease is PERU decreasing in many developed More t BRAZIL 60% of han countries, but is increasing in global the developing and transitional of c burden countries, partly as a result of BOLIVIA heart oronary di increasing longevity, occurs sease PARAGUAY CHILE urbanization, and lifestyle develo in ping countr changes. ies. Risk of heart attack can URUGUAY change when people migrate. ARGENTINA Japan has a low rate of coronary heart disease, but Disease burden in men Percentage of DALYs lost after moving to the USA, HIV/AIDS coronary due to top ten diseases 7.4% heart disease Japanese people have been in men aged 15 years and above 6.8% found to have a gradually 2002 unipolar increasing risk. This depressive road stroke disorders traffic eventually approaches that chronic 5.0% injuries tuberculosis alcohol 4.8% obstructive of people born in the USA. use 4.3% hearing
4.2% disorders 3.4% pulmonary violence disease 3.3% 3.1% loss, adult 2.7%

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REP. MOLDOVA

S. MARINO ANDORRA PORTUGAL SPAIN MONACO

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO BULGARIA

ALBANIA FYR MACEDONIA GREECE

KAZAKHSTAN
MALTA

MONGOLIA
DPR KOREA REP. KOREA

GEORGIA ARMENIA TURKEY CYPRUS LEBANON ISRAEL SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

AZERBAIJAN UZBEKISTAN TURKMENISTAN

KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN

JAPAN

MOROCCO

TUNISIA

IRAQ
JORDAN BAHRAIN QATAR

ISL . RE P. IRA N
KUWAIT

AFGHANISTAN

C H I N A
MARSHALL ISLANDS KIRIBATI NAURU

ALGERIA

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

PAKISTAN
UAE

NEPAL

BHUTAN

EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA

INDIA
OMAN

BANGLADESH MYANMAR LAO PDR THAILAND PHILIPPINES CAMBODIA SRI LANKA BRUNEI DAR. MALAYSIA SINGAPORE VIET NAM
VANUATU

TUVALU SAMOA FIJI COOK ISLANDS

MALI NIGER
BURKINA FASO CTE DIVOIRE

CHAD

ERITREA

YEMEN DJIBOUTI

SUDAN

TONGA NIUE

GHANA TOGO BENIN

NIGERIA ETHIOPIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UGANDA KENYA SOMALIA MALDIVES
PALAU

EQUATORIAL CAMEROON GUINEA SAO TOME & PRINCIPE GABON CONGO

MICRONESIA, FED. STATES OF

DEM. REP. CONGO

RWANDA BURUNDI UNITED REP. TANZANIA COMOROS

SEYCHELLES

I N D O N E S I A
TIMOR-LESTE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

ANGOLA
ZAMBIA MALAWI

SOLOMON ISLANDS

MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA MAURITIUS

MOZAMBIQUE

SWAZILAND

AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

LESOTHO

unipolar depressive disorders 8.4% HIV/AIDS 7.2%

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Disease burden in women

coronary heart disease 5.3% Percentage of DALYs lost due to top ten diseases in women aged 15 years and above 2002 chronic obstructive cataracts hearing pulmonary loss disease tuberculosis osteo3.1% diabetes 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% arthritis mellitus 2.0% 1.9%

ZEALAND

stroke 5.2%

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