Coronary Heart Disease
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- Created on: 12-05-16 15:14
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- Coronary Heart Disease
- A disease where the hearts doesn't get enough blood
- No cure but can be treated
- The risk of developing CHD can be reduced by lifestyle changes e.g. healthy eating , exercising and not smoking
- Distribution of cases
- It is more common in wealthier countries e.g. UK and USA
- Ageing population - risk of CHD increases as you get older
- Lifestyle factors - unhealthy lifestyle and being obese/ overweight increases the risk of CHD
- Ready made food - more fat, sugar and salt
- 'desk jobs'
- Lack of physical activity (adult min. 30min a day)
- Cases are increasing in poor and newly-industrialized countries (e.g sub-Saharan Africa and India) as their wealth increases
- Increasing life expectancy - agein gpopulation
- Social , economic and cultural changes - people are adapting Western diets and lifestyles e.g.smoking
- May not be aware of the impacts of smoking on their health
- It is more common in wealthier countries e.g. UK and USA
- Distribution of deaths
- CHD is one of the worlds biggest killers
- It caused 14% of global deaths i 1997. Over 80% of deaths occur in poor and newly-industrialized areas
- Poor health care - treatments aren't affordable or available
- It caused 14% of global deaths i 1997. Over 80% of deaths occur in poor and newly-industrialized areas
- Death rates are falling in wealthier countries because of improvements of diagnosing people at risk
- Effective treatment, and awareness campaigns to prevent the disease
- CHD is one of the worlds biggest killers
- Non-communicable disease
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