European Heart Journal· 2014Q1
Cardiovascular disease in Europe 2014: epidemiological update
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Short summary
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains Europe's leading cause of death, causing more than twice the deaths of cancer in many countries, with significant, though uneven, recent declines in mortality and case-fatality rates for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.
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Key points
- CVD is the primary cause of death in Europe, exceeding cancer deaths in many countries.
- Mortality and case-fatality rates for CHD and stroke have significantly decreased across Europe in the last 5-10 years.
- Uneven rates of decline in CVD mortality have resulted in increasing inequalities between European countries.
- CHD mortality rates for 55-60 year olds in some Eastern European countries (e.g., Russia, Ukraine) are higher than those for 75-80 year olds in France.
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Abstract
This paper provides an update for 2014 on the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and in particular coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, across the countries of Europe. Cardiovascular disease causes more deaths among Europeans than any other condition, and in many countries still causes more than twice as many deaths as cancer. There is clear evidence in most countries with available data that mortality and case-fatality rates from CHD and stroke have decreased substantially over the last 5-10 years but at differing rates. The differing recent trends have therefore led to increasing inequalities in the burden of CVD between countries. For some Eastern European countries, including Russia and Ukraine, the mortality rate for CHD for 55-60 year olds is greater than the equivalent rate in France for people 20 years older.
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