Abstract
Abstract:
Background
Cardiovascular illnesses are thought to be the cause of 18.6 million deaths worldwide each year. To guide public health strategies, a thorough understanding of risk factors and how risk varies between geographies is required. In this study, we looked at the global geographic distribution of the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Methods
In this study, we analyzed data from the GBD study, which covers 369 illnesses and injuries across two sexes and 204 nations and territories. With cardiovascular diseases, the impact of high blood pressure, dietary risks, a high body mass index, high total cholesterol, tobacco, high fasting plasma glucose, high alcohol use, air pollution, and physical activity is analyzed.
Results
The metabolic risks had the highest cardiovascular disease death rates among the three risk factors. Among many metabolic risk factors, the highest cardiovascular disease death rates were observed due to high blood pressure (135.06 deaths per 100,000 (104.22-175.94), or 17.74% of total deaths). Among many behavioral risk factors, the highest cardiovascular disease death rates were observed due to dietary risks (116.5 deaths per 100,000 (82.94–157.45), or 15.3% of total deaths). Among many environmental risk factors, air pollution had the highest cardiovascular diseases death rate (32.67 deaths per 100,000 (25.28–40.25), or 4.29% of total deaths). Among many risk factors, the highest death rates were observed in people with high blood pressure (135.06 deaths per 100,000 (104.22-175.94), or 17.74% of total deaths). The majority of fatalities were caused by ischemic heart disease, one of numerous cardiovascular disorders.
Interpretation
The number one destroyer in the world is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease risk factors are different from corner to corner of the world. Hence, spatially specific treatments are required to lower the global burden of cardiovascular diseases and decrease risk.