2 - Global Health - Non Infectious Disease (Cardio)

Question 1

3 risk factors of cardiovascular disease

Answer 1

high blood pressure
tobacco smoking
serum cholesterol levels

Question 2

Coronary heart disease trends

Answer 2

low rates in Japan and increasingly in the UK and other western countries, and high rates in the formerly socialist economies of Europe and in the Middle East
at all ages, rates are higher in men than women although the gap is shrinking in some countries