Distribution of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)

Question 1

What is CHD?

Answer 1

a disease where the heart doesn’t get enough blood. It can lead to a heart attack

Question 2

How can the risk of developing CHD be reduced?

Answer 2

eating healthy, exercising and not smoking

Question 3

Why is CHD more common in wealthier countries, e.g. UK and USA?

Answer 3

Risk of developing CHD increases as you get older

An unhealthy lifestyle and being obese or overweight increase the risk of developing CHD

Question 4

Why is CHD increasing in poor and newly-industrialised countries, e.g. India

Answer 4

More people suffer from CHD because of ageing populations

People are adopting Western diets and lifestyles, e.g. smoking

Question 5

What is the distribution of CHD deaths like and why?

Answer 5

14% of global deaths in 1997
Over 80% of deaths occur in poor and newly-industrialised countries
Treatments aren’t affordable or available
People aren’t aware of the effect of lifestyle changes