January 2007
In This Issue:
New Officers and Executive Board Members
Featured Member Societies
Heart Disease Statistics
Featured Links
Commentaries
Upcoming Meetings


Heart Disease Statistics for IAS Regional Federations


IAS Regional Federation Executive Committee for Americas
(Canada, Chile, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela)
Mortality Group
Cause Group: Cardiovascular diseases
Cause of Death: Ischaemic heart disease
Country
Total # of Deaths
Death Rate Per 100,000 Age
Standardized Death Rate Per 100,000

Canada
43,246
138
80

Chile
9,074
58
62

United States
514,449
176
105

Venezuela
17,966
71
123
 
Global Burden of Disease in 2002:



IAS Regional Federation Executive Committee for Asia-Pacific
(Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, People's Republic of Korea, Philippines)
Mortality Group
Cause Group: Cardiovascular diseases
Cause of Death: Ischaemic heart disease
Country
Total # of Deaths
Death Rate Per 100,000 Age
Standardized Death Rate Per 100,000

Australia
25,473
130
77

China
702,925
53
69

Indonesia
220,371
101
167

Japan
93,667
73
33

People's Republic of Korea
26,953
119
151

Philippines
45,378
57
124
 
Global Burden of Disease in 2002:
 

Heart disease statistics for Asia-Pacific region:

The following is the recent published data on heart disease statistics for Asia-Pacific region:

  1. Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: Central obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15:287-292, 2006.
  2. Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: Coronary risk prediction for those with and without diabetes. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 13:30-36, 2006.
  3. Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: Joint effects of systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol on cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Circulation 112:3384-3390, 2005.
  4. Woodward M, Huxley H, Lam TH, Barzi F, Lawes CM, Ueshima H; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: A comparison of the associations between risk factors and cardiovascular disease in Asia and Australasia. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 12:484-491, 2005.
  5. Woodward M, Lam TH, Barzi F, Patel A, Gu D, Rodgers A, Suh I; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: Smoking, quitting, and the risk of cardiovascular disease among women and men in the Asia-Pacific region. Int J Epidemiol 34:1036-1045, 2005.
  6. Barzi F, Patel A, Woodward M, Lawes CM, Ohkubo T, Gu D, Lam TH, Ueshima H; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: A comparison of lipid variables as predictors of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Ann Epidemiol 15:405-413, 2005.



IAS Regional Federation Executive Committee for Europe
(Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey)
Mortality Group
Cause Group: Cardiovascular diseases
Cause of Death: Ischaemic heart disease
Country
Total # of Deaths
Death Rate Per 100,000 Age
Standardized Death Rate Per 100,000

Czech Republic
25,898
252
152

Finland
12,487
240
120

France
45,501
76
36

Italy
92,928
161
68

The Netherlands
19,044
118
67

Spain
45,017
109
54

Switzerland
10,745
149
65

Turkey
102,551
145
225
 
Global Burden of Disease in 2002:





Page Last Updated: January 25, 2007
http://www.athero.org