Cardiovascular disease in China
Cardiovascular disease in China is on the rise.[1]Health statistics shows that the ischemic heart disease mortality rate in rural China has approximately doubled since 1988.[2] While heart disease rates have been rising more rapidly in rural regions since 2009, Cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of mortality among both urban and rural populations, accounting for nearly half of all deaths in 2020.[3]
Unlike in developed countries, there is no preventive or primary health care system in place to stop the rise of cardiac disease. The true prevalence of heart disease in rural China remains unclear due to rural providers have low levels of competence to diagnose and manage patients presenting with cardiovascular disease despite expanded access to primary care. There is a need to ascertain the real incidence and prevalence of heart disease and to develop adequate preventive and primary care in the Chinese countryside.[2][4]
Stroke
[edit]Stroke is the largest cardiovascular killer in China[5] at about 40% of total mortality in 2007[6] (approx. 280 per 100 000)
References
[edit]- ^ Hu, Sheng-Shou (2023-06-28). "Report on cardiovascular health and diseases in China 2021: an updated summary". Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 20 (6): 399–430. doi:10.26599/1671-5411.2023.06.001. ISSN 1671-5411. PMC 10320777. PMID 37416519.
- ^ a b "China-California Heart Watch". 2008-05-16. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Hu, Sheng-Shou (2024-04-28). "Epidemiology and current management of cardiovascular disease in China". Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 21 (4): 387–406. doi:10.26599/1671-5411.2024.04.001. ISSN 1671-5411. PMC 11112149. PMID 38800543.
- ^ Du, Xin; Patel, Anushka; Anderson, Craig S.; Dong, Jianzeng; Ma, Changsheng (2019). "Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in China and Opportunities for Improvement". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73 (24): 3135–3147. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2019.04.036. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_77531. PMID 31221263.
- ^ Cancer, stroke top killers for Chinese
- ^ Liu, Lisheng. "Cardiovascular diseases in China". Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Volume 85, Number 2, 1 April 2007, pp. 157-163(7)
Further reading
[edit]- Liu, Lisheng (2007). "Cardiovascular diseases in China". Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 85 (2): 157–163. doi:10.1139/O07-004. PMID 17534394.
- Jonas, Richard A. (1998). "Evolving Healthcare for Congenital Heart Disease in China". Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 6 (3): 151–152. doi:10.1177/021849239800600301.
- Vitamin B12 & Folic Acid Supplementation Proved to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke in China - Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6 May 2006
- Tang, J. L.; Hu, Y. H. (2005). "Drugs for preventing cardiovascular disease in China" (PDF). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 330 (7492): 610–611. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7492.610. PMC 554892. PMID 15774964.
- Cheng, Tsung O. (2004). "The current state of cardiology in China". International Journal of Cardiology. 96 (3): 425–439. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.10.011. PMC 7127163. PMID 15301897.
- Welcome to Tsung O Cheng, Roving Ambassador for Chinese Cardiovascular Science
- Cheng, Tsung O. (2004). "Diets play a major role in heart diseases in China". Lipids. 39 (3): 291–292. doi:10.1007/s11745-004-1232-4. PMID 15233409.
External links
[edit]- China, "Bridging the Gap" Project collaborative project between the World Heart Federation, the Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases-Beijing Anzhen Hospital, the Chinese Society of Cardiology and the China National Health Heart Programme.
- China-California Heart Watch (China Cal) - A non-profit corporation dedicated to understanding and relieving problems of heart disease and health care in rural China
- Study Warns Of Growing Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic In China As Western Diets And Lifestyles Are Adopted 17 Apr 2006
- National organizations
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