Cardiovascular Diseases Big Worry for Bangladesh
2018-06-10
Nowadays in Bangladesh,
cardiovascular diseases are the common problem. If we cannot control, it will
be very dangerous able to our health, life, economy, and everything. The WHO
NCD (Non-Communicable Disease Alliance) Warns South Asian Countries including
Bangladesh about the ‘aggressive’ spread of the diseases such as heart problems
and diabetes affecting people mostly in younger age. “They should be earning
money for the family but they are impacted by diabetes and cardiovascular
diseases.” Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the
heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery
diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a
heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart
disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, congenital
heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery
disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis. CVDs are the number 1
cause of death globally: more people die annually from CVDs than from any other
cause. An estimated 17.7 million people died from CVDs in 2015, representing
31% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to
coronary heart disease and 6.7 million were due to stroke. Over three-quarters
of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries. Out of the 17
million premature deaths (under the age of 70) due to no communicable diseases
in 2015, 82% are in low- and middle-income countries, and 37% are caused by
CVDs. Most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by addressing behavioral
risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet and obesity, physical
inactivity and harmful use of alcohol using population-wide strategies. People
with cardiovascular disease or who are at high cardiovascular risk (due to the
presence of one or more risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes,
hyperlipidemia or already established disease) need early detection and
management using counselling and medicines, as appropriate. (WHO Media Canter,
May 2017). According to the latest WHO data published in May 2014, Coronary
Heart Disease Deaths in Bangladesh reached 50,708 or 6.96% of total deaths. The
age adjusted Death Rate is 53.53 per 100,000 of population ranks Bangladesh
#150 in the world. Cardiovascular Diseases in Bangladesh Statistics on Overall
Impact and Specific Effect on Demographic groups. Annual mortality rate (per
100,000 people) = 213.0; annual years of healthy life lost (per 100,000 people
4634.0; change in annual years of healthy life lost (since 1990). The percent
change in annual years of healthy life lost per 100,000 people between 1990 and
2013. Years of healthy life lost, also called Disability-Adjusted Life Years
(DALYs), is the sum of years of life lost to premature death and years lived
with disability (adjusted for the severity of a condition). This accounts for
population change and does not standardize on age differences. Cardiovascular
Diseases in Bangladesh 100.8%. Range across all Global Disease Burden - Minute
- 100%, Average 94.34%, Max 1.62 MILLION, percentage of years of healthy life
lost attributed to risk factors 87.9%, These risk factors contributed to, and
were thought to be responsible for, an estimated 89.2% of the total deaths
caused by cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh during 2013.Adjust the filters at the top of the visualization to see how which risk factors caused the highest mortality for men and women of different age groups. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to reduce your chances of getting heart disease: Control blood pressure,
Keep cholesterol and triglyceride levels under control, Stay at a healthy weight, Eat a healthy diet, Get regular exercise, Limit alcohol, Don’t smoke, Manage stress, Manage diabetes, Make sure that get enough sleep. There are many things that can raise risk for heart disease. They are called risk factors. Some of them we cannot control, but there are many that we can control. The government of Bangladesh, United Nations, World Health Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh should also more proper steps to control Cardiovascular Diseases.
Yesterday I met with a boss-level chef who is troubled with heart disease! The reason is that he had sacrificed too much sleeping hours for years due to the busy cooking job who had to work till midnight! His heart is so tired that it can not beat normally! Just then I noticed that his lower lip was really a bit purple if compared with yours!
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