Higher Mortality from Cardio-Vascular Disease

GS-II: Higher Mortality from Cardio-Vascular Disease.

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In India & the world, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death. More people die annually from CVDs globally than from any other ailment.
According to a study conducted by PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology), “the CVD mortality is highest in the Low-Income Countries (LIC) and lowest in the High-Income Countries (HIC).”
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of disorders that are related to the heart and blood vessels.
The study was conducted over 1.6 lacs individuals for over a decade, living in 21 countries.

Findings from the Study

Most cardiovascular disease cases and deaths in Low-Income Countries (LIC) are attributed to:
Lower quality of health care, and it’s low availability.
Lack of insurance - which acts as an affordability barrier.
Some of the factors like, hypertension and education have extensive global effects.
Household/Indoor air pollution acts as an emerging source of risk for cardiovascular disease in LIC.
Other factors include Poor Diet, consumption of dairy-products causing CVD cases, etc.
Some of these factors vary as per a country's economic level.
Deaths from the cardiac disease were three times that of cancer-related deaths in LIC including India, while in high-income countries- death from cancer was twice that of CVD.
The fact that cancer-related deaths are frequent in high-income countries indicates a transition in the predominant causes of death in the middle age group.

Way Forward

Health policies should focus on risk factors that have the greatest effects on averting cardiovascular diseases and deaths globally.
In specific groups of countries, additional emphasis must be laid on risk factors of greatest importance. Eliminating indoor pollution is the crucial step to be taken in this regard.
The need of the hour is to insure each & every individual medically so that the finances do not act as a barrier in availing health facilities.

Source: The Hindu

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