Improvements in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease haven’t been able to prevent a worldwide rise in cardiovascular deaths in a growing and aging population, according to the authors of a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Using mortality data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 the authors set out to “disentangle” the effects on cardiovascular mortality of population growth, an aging population, and epidemiological changes (defined as changes in risk factors and the effect of efforts to prevent and treat CV disease).
From 1990 to 2013 the total number of deaths caused by cardiovascular disease increased by 40%, from more than 12 million to more than 17 million a year.
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