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In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report. [4]
The World Health Organization estimated in 2004, that 12.2% of worldwide deaths were from ischemic heart disease; [146] with it being the leading cause of death in high- or middle-income countries and second only to lower respiratory infections in lower-income countries. [146]
A systematic review estimated that inactivity is responsible for 6% of the burden of disease from coronary heart disease worldwide. [179] The authors estimated that 121,000 deaths from coronary heart disease could have been averted in Europe in 2008 if people had not been physically inactive.
During the first two years of the COVID pandemic, there were 30% more heart attack deaths than would be expected among people between ages 25 and 44, one study found.
Percentage of deaths from heart disease: 21.4 percent. Among women: 19.9 percent. Among men: 22.9 percent. Black (non-Hispanic) Percentage of deaths from heart disease: 23.5 percent. Among women ...
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
On a global level, researchers found that 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of heart disease in 2020 were attributable to SSBs—representing about 1 in 10 new ...
Sudden cardiac death occurs in approximately one per 200,000 young athletes per year, usually triggered during competition or practice. [6] The victim is usually male and associated with association football , basketball , ice hockey , or American football , reflecting the large number of athletes participating in these sustained and strenuous ...