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Cardiovascular diseases
Why is it in the news?
- Recently a study- 'PURE study' came up with findings which tracked over 1,62,000 individuals, aged 35-70 years, living in 21 countries across five continents, over about 9.5 years.
More in the news
- The High Income Countries(HIC) in the study were Canada, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and United Arab Emirates.
- The middle-income countries (MIC) were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia, Iran, Malaysia, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and South Africa.
- The LIC were Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Findings of the Study:
- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death across the world.
- There are significant variations between rich and poor nations.
- While in high income countries, death from cancer is twice that of CVD, in low income countries, including India, death from cardiac disease was three times that of cancer.
- Indoor or household air pollution has been identified as a key cause of CVD.
Source
The Hindu.