The atlas of heart disease and stroke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813447803321
• Autore: Mackay Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : World Health Organization, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-11605-6; 1-4175-8381-9; 92-4-068140-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.12
• Soggetti: Heart Diseases - epidemiology; Global Health; Health Promotion; Stroke - epidemiology; Risk Factors
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- 1 Types of cardiovascular disease -- 2 Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease -- 3 Risk factors -- 4 Risk factors start in childhood and youth -- 5 Risk factor: blood pressure -- 6 Risk factor: lipids -- 7 Risk factor: tobacco -- 8 Risk factor: physical inactivity -- 9 Risk Factor: obesity -- 10 Risk factor: diabetes -- 11 Risk factor: socioeconomic status -- 12 Women: a special case? -- 13 Global burden of coronary heart disease -- 14 Deaths from coronary heart disease -- 15 Global burden of stroke -- 16 Deaths from stroke -- 17 Economic costs -- 18 Research -- 19 Organizations -- 20 Prevention: personal choices and actions -- 21 Prevention: population and systems approaches -- 22 Health education -- 23 Policies and legislation -- 24 Treatment -- 25 The future -- World data tables -- Glossary -- Sources -- Useful contacts -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A synthesis of evidence and analyses from WHO and other sources, the report identifies both noncommunicable diseases as the main cause of the burden of disease on the European Region, and communicable diseases as an additional burden on eastern countries, caused by ; poverty and underfunded health services. It shows that using well-known, comprehensive interventions to tackle the seven leading risk factors - tobacco, alcohol, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight, low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical inactivity - would largely prevent the seven leading conditions - ischaemic heart disease, unipolar depressive disorders, cerebrovascular disease, alcohol-use disorders, chronic pulmonary disease, lung cancer and road traffic injury. This creates a compelling argument for action.