Imperial College London
Alternate

ProfessorDarrelFrancis

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Cardiology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3381d.francis Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Juliet Holmes +44 (0)20 7594 5735

 
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Location

 

Block B Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Nowbar:2019:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005375,
author = {Nowbar, AN and gitto, M and Howard, J and Francis, D and Al-Lamee, R},
doi = {10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005375},
journal = {Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes},
title = {Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease: analysis of data from the World Health Organization and coronary artery disease risk factors from NCD-RisC},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005375},
volume = {12},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundIschemic heart disease (IHD) has been considered the top cause of mortality globally. However, countries differ in their rates and there have been changes over time.Methods and ResultsWe analyzed mortality data submitted to the World Health Organization from 2005 to 2015 by individual countries. We explored patterns in relationships with age, sex, and income and calculated age-standardized mortality rates for each country in addition to crude death rates. In 5 illustrative countries which provided detailed data, we analyzed trends of mortality from IHD and 3 noncommunicable diseases (lung cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases) and examined the simultaneous trends in important cardiovascular risk factors. Russia, United States, and Ukraine had the largest absolute numbers of deaths among the countries that provided data. Among 5 illustrative countries (United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine), IHD was the top cause of death, but mortality from IHD has progressively decreased from 2005 to 2015. Age-standardized IHD mortality rates per 100 000 people per year were much higher in Ukraine (324) and Kazakhstan (97) than in United States (60), Brazil (54), and the United Kingdom (46), with much less difference in other causes of death. All 5 countries showed a progressive decline in IHD mortality, with a decline in smoking and hypertension and in all cases a rise in obesity and type II diabetes mellitus.ConclusionsIHD remains the single largest cause of death in countries of all income groups. Rates are different between countries and are falling in most countries, indicating great potential for further gains. On the horizon, future improvements may become curtailed by increasing hypertension in some developing countries and more importantly global growth in obesity.
AU  - Nowbar,AN
AU  - gitto,M
AU  - Howard,J
AU  - Francis,D
AU  - Al-Lamee,R
DO  - 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005375
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1941-7705
TI  - Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease: analysis of data from the World Health Organization and coronary artery disease risk factors from NCD-RisC
T2  - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005375
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70538
VL  - 12
ER  -
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