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Cardiovascular Disease in Asia
WHO CVD Atlas. 2002. WHO Stroke Atlas. 2002.
The Burden of CVD in Asia: Stroke Deaths by Country, 2002
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Projected Stroke and CHD increase to 2030 in China
Moran et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3;243-252. 3
South-East Asia: deaths in 2000 attributable to selected leading risk factors
Blood pressure
Underweight
Tobacco
Cholesterol
Fruit and vegetable intake
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene
Indoor smoke from solid fuels
Physical inactivity
Unsafe sex
Iron deficiency
Zinc deficiency
High body mass index
Alcohol
Vitamin A deficiency
Unsafe health care infections
0 500 1000 1500
Number of deaths (000s)
World Health Report 2002
Age-Standardized Stroke and CHD Death Rates by Country, 2002
Ueshima H et al. Circulation. 2008;118:2702-2709. 5
North America
(n=20,750)
Latin Amer-ica
(n=1,681)
Western Europe
(n=15,053)
Eastern Europe
(n=5,375)
Middle East (n=718)
Asia (n=5,137)
Australia (n=2,567)
Japan (n=4,218)
0
20
40
60
80
100
4338
34
26
49
41
25
39
8477 78
8581 80
7671
82
59
72
51
81
56
78
45
Diabetes (%)
Hypertension (%)
Hypercholesterolemia (%)
Classic Cardiovascular Risk Factors are Consistent and Common within the Symptomatic REACH Registry Baseline Population*1
1. Bhatt DL et al, on behalf of the REACH Registry Investigators.JAMA 2006; 295(2): 180-189.
Risk Factor Prevalence, Symptomatic Population(% of symptomatic population)1
*Symptomatic refers to patients with documented Coronary artery, Cerebro and/or Peripheral Arterial Disease; data shown may differ slightly from published abstracts owing to a subsequent database lock.
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