4.3 million deaths in Europecaused by cardiovascular disease - CVD
On Tuesday I posted facts about my former employer. Today I continue this fact distribution with the summary from 2008 European cardiovascular disease statistics . For my Norwegian speaking friends they can also find the most important highlights at Forskning.no
The complete report can be downloaded as pdf from European CVD 2008
Instead of making some personal priorities based on my own feelings, I post the complete summery as described:
■ Each year cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes over 4.3 million deaths in Europe and over 2.0 million deaths in the European Union (EU).While planning for this post yesterday a shocking Breaking News occurred from the Jugend City Ålesund. (see yesterday blog) About 2000 - 3000 cubic meter of the city mountain break loose in a landslide at 0337 am cet. A house with 20 residents at sleep were hit and the modern house from 2003/04 partly collapsed. A Gas tank is on fire and can explode.
■ CVD causes nearly half of all deaths in Europe (48%) and in the EU (42%).
■ CVD is the main cause of death in women in all countries of Europe and is the main cause of death in men in all countries except France, the Netherlands and Spain.
■ CVD is the main cause of the disease burden (illness and death) in Europe (23% of all the disease burden) and the second main cause of the disease burden in those EU countries with very low child and adult mortality (17%).
■ Death rates from CHD are generally higher in Central and Eastern Europe than in Northern, Southern and Western Europe.
■ Death rates from stroke are higher in Central and Eastern Europe than in Northern, Southern and Western Europe.
■ CVD mortality, incidence and case fatality are falling in most Northern, Southern and Western European Countries but either not falling as fast or rising in Central and Eastern European countries.
■ Each year smoking kills over 1.2 million people in Europe (450,000 from CVD) and about 650,000 people in the EU (185,000 from CVD). The numbers dying in Europe from CVD due to smoking rose by 13% between 1990 and 2000.
■ Smoking has been declining in many European countries but the rate of decline is now slowing. Women are now smoking nearly as much as men in many European countries and girls often smoke more than boys.
■ Dietary patterns across Europe - once very different - are now converging.
■ Diets are generally improving in Northern and Western European countries but deteriorating in Southern, Central and Eastern European countries.
■ Levels of physical inactivity are high in many European countries.
■ Levels of obesity are increasing across Europe in both adults and children.
■ Over 48 million adults in Europe and 23 million adults in the EU have diabetes and the prevalence is increasing.
■ Overall CVD is estimated to cost the EU economy €192 billion a year.
■ Of the total cost of CVD in the EU, around 57% is due to health care costs, 21% due to productivity losses and 22% due to informal care of people with CVD.
Between 500 and 1000 persons are evacuated around the catastrophic area including my sister and my brother in law. They are well but the Law of relative Distance makes the feelings about the disaster more intense. 5 persons are missing/killed in the collapsed building. Death has always a reason.
FOTO: SVEIN OVE EKORNESVÅG / SCANPIX
10 comments:
Viktig fokus!
En fin måte å bevisstgjøre folk på dette. Det finnes mange skjebner.... Jeg har mistet mange kjære av hjertesvikt. På 35, 39, 47og 58 år!!!
Vi må ta godt vare på hjertene våre. Riktig kosthold osv. som du viser til her er viktig!
Og det er jo tydelig hvilken kost som er best for helsa, ut fra henvisningene her. Mye frukt og grønt, hvitt kjøtt, sunne oljer osv. Raffinert mat osv. er fy fy!
Det jeg finner skremmende er at den viktigeste muskelen i kroppen plutselig stopper, slik som hos mine slektninger (far, fetter osv.). Man blir redd. Og ofte fortrenger man dette.....
Jeg skal kose meg denne dagen også, hylle livet og ta vare på meg selv, som best jeg kan.
Vet at du gjør det samme. Enda sterkere kanskje! :)
Stakk egentlig innom for å se om du hadde en post om tragedien i Ålesund. Trist! Sender mange varme tanker til byen der nå.
Heart disease is indeed a killer and we should do all we can to look after our heart. My mother was one of 5. 4 of them smoked, all 4 died. I have never smoked, I despise it with a vengence.
Highly relevant, both issues. Concerning the first, we can both truly say that we have had a narrow escape - more is the pity for the ones in Ålesund.
Good information on heart disease.
That landslide is so sad. I can't imagine being in an apartment that slid down the hill.
Interrisant innlegg hos deg i dag. Har selv mye hjetesykdommer på begge sider, og er i "faresonen" med min diabetes. Ikke så flink til å ta de hensyn med hjertet som jeg skulle, men kanskje jeg lærer av deg når jeg er inne og leser slike innlegg!
Grusom ulykke i Ålesund! Vi er jo selvfølgelig sjokkert her oppe og det måtte jo være grusomt for deg som har slekt der og sikkert venner. Jeg er så glad at det gikk godt med din søster og mann. Må være grusomt for alle som bor der no.
Du for oversende en god klem til dem fra meg!
No skal jeg på en treningstur med hunden eller omvendt;)
Thanks for your visit today. I posted a picture about a week ago of a red dirt road.
As a nurse and the wife of a man with heart disease I appreciated this post.
Informative post.
That landslide is terrible.
That last comment..really!
Disgusts me that somebody would want to trash such a relevant post!
The numbers are amazing, war may have and still is killing untold numbers but we do this to ourselves.
Put a lock on the fridge door and give the key to a friend, a solution.
I may eat a little bit too much but have never smoked.
What a tragedy... I am glad that your sister and your brother in law
is well.
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