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Think heart disease and stroke are limited to we indulgent folk in the West? Not so! The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, released by the World Health Organization, shows that heart disease and stroke kill about 17 million people each year, which is almost one-third of all deaths, worldwide – and 60% of the global burden of coronary heart disease occurs in the developing world. They anticipate that, by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the world's leading cause of death and disability, and fatalities will increase to over 20 million per year. And, not surprisingly, a substantial number of the deaths are attributed to smoking, which increases the risk of dying from heart disease and stroke by two- to three-fold. Some Countries' Numbers from the Atlas' World Data Table:Country: Australia• Population: 19,544,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
5
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 25,474
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
3
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
11,730
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 6.8%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 30.7%
men; 23.1% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 710 • Population: 31,271,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
5
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 43,246
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
3
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
15,621
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 8.8%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 30.0%
men; 26.6% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 1,237 • Population: 1,294,867,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
4
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 702,928
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
12
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
1,652,885
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 2.4%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 58.9%
men; 3.6% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 479 • Population: 1,049,549,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
20
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 1,531,543
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
10
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
771,067
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 5.5%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 34.6%
men; 3.4% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 294 • Population: 217,131,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
14
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 220,372
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
8
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
123,684
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 6.7%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 59.8%
men; 5.3% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 4 • Population: 44,759,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
9
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 44,759,000
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
11
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
44,759,000
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 3.4%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 3.4%
men; 13.9% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 77 • Population: 59,068,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
7
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 120,530
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
4
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
59,322
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 3.9%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 34.6%
men; 34.4% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 2,667 • Population: 291,038,000
• Heart Disease (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
8
• Heart Disease Deaths
(2002): 514,450
• Stroke (Disability
Adjusted Life Years Lost per 1,000 population [2003]):
4
• Stroke Deaths (2002):
163,768
• Diabetes (individuals
20 years and over [2000]): 8.8%
• Smoking Prevalence
(individuals 18 years and over [2003]): 27.8%
men; 22.3% women
• Number of publications
on cardiovascular disease 1991-2001: 12,502 And some miscellaneous stats from the Atlas' World Data Table:The country with the highest reported percentage of male smokers: Republic of Korea (i.e., South Korea) 69.5% The country with the lowest reported percentage of male smokers: Bahamas, Benin, and Cambodia – a tie, at 0.0% The country with the highest reported percentage of female smokers: Nuaru (a tiny island of about 13,000, located south of the Marshall Islands) 64.7% The country with the lowest reported percentage of female smokers: Bahrain and Papua New Guinea a tie, at 0.0%
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