Hypertension

Facts

·   Worldwide 1 billion people have chronic high blood pressure or hypertension.

·   Released in May 2007 in the U.S. at a briefing of healthcare professional and patient advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C., the report authors predict that in the U.S. and other developed nations, the number of adults with high blood pressure will increase from 333 million to 413 million by 2025.

• Cardiovascular Disease
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1. Atherosclerosis

• Facts
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• CVDs are the number 1 cause of death globally: more people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause.
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• An estimated 17.7 million people died from CVDs in 2015, representing 31% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to coronary heart disease and 6.7 million were due to stroke .
• Over three quarters of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)

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Key facts

             CVDs are the number 1 cause of death globally: more people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause.

• An estimated 17.7 million people died from CVDs in 2015, representing 31% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to coronary heart disease and 6.7 million were due to stroke .
• Over three quarters of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries.
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• Out of the 17 million premature deaths (under the age of 70) due to noncommunicable diseases in 2015, 82% are in low- and middle-income countries, and 37% are caused by CVDs.