Running Head: LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS Name: Institution: Date: 1 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS 2 Heart disease Heart disease is the leading cause of present deaths worldwide and mostly in Europe and the United States. Heart disease generally refers to a condition that causes blocked blood vessels leading to heart attack, chest pains and even a stroke. Other forms may occur as effects on heart muscles, valves and heartbeats. Normally, heart disease occurs when your heart’s blood supply is interrupted by a build-up of fatty compounds in the coronary artery that leads blood into the heart. The build-up of fatty compounds increases over time and the walls of the coronary arteries become filled up with the fatty deposits all around them through the process of atherosclerosis. This condition is mostly caused by: Excessive smoking High cholesterol intake Hypertension and High blood sugar. Prevalence data in graph The following data represents the cases of heart disease prevalence according to age and lifestyles or poor, intermediate or ideal level. LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS 3 % heart disese cases 64.6 70 60 50 % cases 50 poor 20-49 40 35.1 30.8 30 poor >49 immediate 20-49 immediate >49 14.9 20 ideal 20-49 4.6 10 Figure 1: % heart disease cases according to poor and life levels. ideal >49 0 20-49 >49 20-49 >49 20-49 (Source: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2016 Update) poor immediate >49 ideal disease prevalence The g ...
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