Social, economic and cultural causes of the diseas
Alcohol use
High blood pressure
Tobacco use
High body mass index (BMI)
Low fruit and vegetable intake
High glucose
Physical inactivity
Sex- Men more likely at earlier age
Age- older = more likely
Family history of heart disease
Ethnic Background:
South Asian Background- greater stroke risk
African Caribbean Background- greater risk of high blood pressure
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Prevalence, Incidence and Patterns of the Disease
The north/south divide in CHD mortality remains significant despite improvements in CVD.
The north-west region has the highest mortality (93.72 per 100,000) versus south central, which showed the lowest (65.59 per 100,000)
CHD mortality in Tameside and Glossop, near Manchester, is almost four times as high as for those living in Kensington and Chelsea, London (140.84 vs 36.91 people per 100,000), it found.
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Socio-economic Impacts
CHD is the UK's biggest killer and the leading cause of death worldwide
In the UK 1 in 7 men and 1 in 11 women die from CHD
73,000 deaths annually
200 deaths daily
1 death every 8 minutes
Every 7 minutes someone will have a heart attack
CHD kills twice as many women in the UK as breast cancer
There are 2.3 million people living with CHD, 60% are men
1 million men and 500,000 women are living with the after effects of a heart attack
In 2012/2013 there were 490,000 hopsital admissionbs for CHD
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Direct and Indirect Strategies used by Government
The national framework for CHD set a target to: "substantially reduce mortality rates by 2010 from heart disease and stroke and related diseases by at least 40% in people under 75, with a 40% reduction in the inequalities gap bettween the fifth of areas with the worst health and deprivation indicators, and the population as a whole"
There has been a decline in death rates from CHD. According to the Care Quality Comission (CQC), most of this decline can be attributed to reduction of risk factors, such as cholestrol levels and smoking- through prescribing of statins and smoking cessation programmes.
Food policy initiatives have a very positive impact on consumption, affecting CHD risk factors and their inequalities in lower socio-economic groups including: obesity, cholestrol and blood pressure. However, food policies also have very complex outcomes, affecting the population in different ways.
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