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Demographic and Epidemiologic Drivers of Global Cardiovascular Mortality

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BACKGROUND: Global deaths from cardiovascular disease are increasing as a result of population growth, the aging of populations, and epidemiologic changes in disease. Disentangling the effects of these three drivers on trends in mortality is important for planning the future of the health care system and benchmarking progress toward the reduction of cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We used mortality data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, which includes data on 188 countries grouped into 21 world regions. We developed three counterfactual scenarios to represent the principal drivers of change in cardiovascular deaths (population growth alone, population growth and aging, and epidemiologic changes in disease) from 1990 to 2013. Secular trends and correlations with changes in national income were examined. RESULTS: Global deaths from cardiovascular disease increased by 41% between 1990 and 2013 despite a 39% decrease in age-specific death rates; this increase was driven by a 55% increase in mortality due to the aging of populations and a 25% increase due to population growth. The relative contributions of these drivers varied by region; only in Central Europe and Western Europe did the annual number of deaths from cardiovascular disease actually decline. Change in gross domestic product per capita was correlated with change in age-specific death rates only among upper-middle income countries, and this correlation was weak; there was no significant correlation elsewhere. CONCLUSIONS: The aging and growth of the population resulted in an increase in global cardiovascular deaths between 1990 and 2013, despite a decrease in age-specific death rates in most regions. Only Central and Western Europe had gains in cardiovascular health that were sufficient to offset these demographic forces. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others.).

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Authors
Roth, G. A., Forouzanfar, M. H., Moran, A. E., Barber, R., Nguyen, G., Feigin, V. L., Naghavi, M., Mensah, G. A., & Murray, C. J. L.
Affiliations
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2015-04-02
Volume
372
Issue
14
Pages
1333-1341
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W1986019364
Cited by
1,188
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 87 · 2024: 115 · 2023: 110 · 2022: 117 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 141 · 2019: 118 · 2018: 105 · 2017: 110 · 2016: 98 · 2015: 31
FWCI
89.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K08HL089675)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Healthcare Systems and Public Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Keywords
cardiovascular mortality, population aging, population growth, age-specific mortality, counterfactual scenarios, GDP per capita, global health trends, regional variation in mortality
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Cardiovascular Diseases, Demography, Humans, Income, Mortality, Sex Factors, Global Health

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