Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) lead to 17.5
million deaths worldwide per year. Taking into account population ageing, CVD death rates …

There is a global commitment to reduce premature cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) 25% by
2025. CVD mortality rates have declined dramatically over the past 2 decades, yet the …

If the control of infectious diseases was the public health success story of the first half of the
20th century, then the decline in mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke has been …

Background—Although age-adjusted cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has declined
over the past decades, controversies remain about whether this trend was similar across …

Background: The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in many
regions of the world. Objectives: The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated …

Objective To describe the current situation and trends in mortality due to cardiovascular
disease (CVD) in the Americas and explore their association with economic indicators …

According to updated statistics, cardiovascular disease is the first cause of death both in
United States (source: American Heart Association, 2013) and worldwide (data of the World …

Background Global deaths from cardiovascular disease are increasing as a result of
population growth, the aging of populations, and epidemiologic changes in disease …

Abstract A World Health Organization Working Group has developed a major international
collaborative study with the objective of measuring over 10 years, and in many different …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death world-wide, responsible for
approximately 15 million (29%) of the estimated 52 million deaths in 1996 [1]. CVD …