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Cardiovascular Disease Still the Major Cause of Deaths in the US
December 21, 2007 at 7:44 PM
Heart Disease News
Published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the update provides statistics about cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, treatments, quality of care and costs.
The report enumerates heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, heart failure and several other conditions including arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and peripheral arterial disease in Cardiovascular diseases.
“These statistics make it clear that cardiovascular disease remains, by far, our greatest public health challenge,” said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of the association’s Statistics Committee, which, along with the association’s Stroke Statistics Subcomittee, is responsible for the Update.
While CVD deaths appear to be decreasing, the report suggests that the prevalence of many related risk factors, such as obesity, is holding steady or increasing in the country.
“Although we have made some substantial strides in understanding the causes of cardiovascular disease, the data in this publication show that we have a long way to go to capture people’s attention and to implement the prevention and treatment programs we need,” said Lloyd-Jones, an associate professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
The report blames changing dietary habits for fuelling obesity, indicating that many Americans are not consuming recommended levels of foods like fruits and vegetables.
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