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In the United Kingdom, the number of deaths from conbad heart disease has halved in a decade, but it is still far ahead of lung cancer and stroke

In the United Kingdom, the number of deaths each year due to coronary heart disease has almost halved in the last decade, but it remains well above the number of deaths from lung cancer or stroke, the second leading cause of death in the United States. the British, and is responsible In the United Kingdom, 18 times more deaths than road accidents, according to a new study. The authors of the study *, published today in Circulation: quality and cardiovascular outcomessaid that much of the decline in the number of deaths due to heart disease could be due to the dramatic decline in smoking rates, but they warned that rising rates of obesity, Hypertension and type 2 diabetes meant that the reduction in the number of deaths due to coronary artery disease could be reversed.

The researchers, led by the Imperial College of Heart and Lung in London, badyzed data from the World Health Organization on deaths worldwide due to coronary artery disease and other causes . They also compared the UK results with long-term data from high-, middle- and low-income countries. They reported that:

• In the United Kingdom, the death rate from conbad heart disease fell by half between 2005 and 2015, from 80 deaths per 100,000 population to 46 per 100,000 population.
• Heart disease still caused double the death rate in the United Kingdom compared to lung cancer (the second leading cause of death) in 2015 and 18 times more than road accidents (2.5 per 100,000 population) ; Stroke was the third leading cause of death in the United Kingdom, with 24 deaths per 100,000 population.
• In the United Kingdom, the mortality rate from infectious diseases, liver diseases and respiratory diseases was 5, 10 and 20 per 100,000, respectively.
• Japan and France have one of the lowest rates of heart disease deaths, with 20 out of 100,000 in both countries (2014 data)
• Rates of death from heart disease in Germany, Poland and Russia (2013 data) were higher than those in the United Kingdom in 2015, with 55, 55 and 220 deaths per 100,000 population.
• Italy, Norway and Spain had lower heart disease mortality rates than the UK in 2015, with 35, 35 and 30 per 100,000, respectively.
• In the United States, the rate of heart disease was 60 deaths per 100,000 in 2015 – down from 90 per 100,000 in 2005.

The researchers said that the decline in corneal heart disease mortality over the last decade was a celebratory reason, but that the rate was still too high due to factors such as obesity and diabetes. They commented: "The decrease in the number of deaths due to heart disease may be due to a decrease in the number of smokers. We have seen a significant drop in the smoking rate in recent years, which is good news for our hearts. However, obesity, blood pressure and type 2 diabetes rates are increasing and if we do not monitor them – and encourage people to adopt a healthy lifestyle, the downward trend in the number of Deaths due to heart disease will reverse in the future. . "

They added, "This badysis shows that the number of heart disease deaths in Eastern Europe is 20 times higher than in high income countries. This suggests that the economy of a country is a major risk factor for heart disease – and that citizens of the poorest countries may have less access to health care and public health interventions, means that the number of deaths due to heart disease remains high. "

They said their data suggests that, overall, we need more public health interventions and initiatives to encourage healthy lifestyles to tackle the millions of lives lost in the world. the whole world because of heart disease.

They concluded: "IHD [ischaemic heart disease] remains the leading cause of death in countries of all income groups. Rates differ from one country to another and fall in most countries, indicating a strong potential for additional earnings. On the horizon, growing hypertension in some developing countries and, above all, global growth in obesity could hinder future improvements.

* Now, AN, Gitto M, JP Howard, et al. Ischemic heart disease mortality: badysis of World Health Organization data and risk factors for coronary artery disease from collaboration on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. Circulation: quality and cardiovascular outcomes 2019; 12