Cardiovascular disease in Europe 2014: epidemiological update.

Title
Cardiovascular disease in Europe 2014: epidemiological update.
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2014
Journal
Eur Heart J
Volume
35
Issue
42
Pagination
2950-9
Date published
2014 Nov 7
ISSN
1522-9645
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.