Monday, November 26, 2007

Global burden of coronary heart disease


More than 60% of the
global burden of coronary
heart disease occurs in
developing countries.
This is incredible! I would have guessed that it would occur higher in wealthy countries. Click on this link to see an amazing graph and chart that displays this burden and the healthy years of life lost. http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/en/cvd_atlas_13_coronaryHD.pdf