The Global Burden of Disease special report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of cardiovascular disease from 1990‒2022 by analysing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions. While cardiovascular disease rates are high globally, regions of Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East were estimated to have the highest burden of cardiovascular disease mortality, the study’s authors report. Key data from the study include that ischaemic heart disease remains the leading global cause of cardiovascular disease mortality, with an age-standardised rate per 100,000 of 108.8 deaths, followed by intracerebral haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke. Eastern Europe had the highest age-standardised total cardiovascular disease mortality at 553 deaths per 100,000, but contrastingly, countries in Australasia had the lowest age-standardised total cardiovascular disease mortality at 122.5 deaths per 100,000 people. The regions with the highest rates of cardiovascular disease burden attributable to dietary risk were Central Asia, Oceania, and parts of North Africa and the Middle East.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 12, 2023 14:56 UTC