About World Heart Day
World Heart Day is celebrated on 29 September each year. In May 2012, world leaders committed to reducing global mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is accountable for nearly half of all NCD deaths making it the world’s number one killer. World Heart Day is, therefore, the perfect platform for the CVD community to unite in the fight against CVD and reduce the global disease burden.
Created by the World Heart Federation, World Heart Day informs people around the globe that CVD, including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of death claiming 17.5 million lives each year, and highlights the actions that individuals can take to prevent and control CVD. It aims to drive action to educate people that by controlling risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, at least 80% of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided.
World Heart Day is a global campaign during which individuals, families, communities and governments around the world participate in activities to take charge of their heart health and that of others. Through this campaign, the World Heart Federation unites people from all countries and backgrounds in the fight against the CVD burden, and inspires and drives international action to encourage heart-healthy living across the world.
About Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death and disability in the world today: over 17.5 million people die from cardiovascular disease every year.
CVD mortality rates
Any disease of the heart, vascular disease of the brain, or disease of the blood vessel constitutes a cardiovascular disease. The most prevalent cardiovascular diseases include coronary heart disease (e.g. heart attack) and cerebrovascular disease (e.g. stroke). Controlling key risk factors such as diet, physical activity, tobacco use, and blood pressure may reduce your risk for CVD.
Global facts
Cardiovascular Disease
Protect your heart
Most of the major cardiovascular disease risk factors can be controlled. Here are a few tips on how to control those risk factors and protect your heart:
Get active
no-smoking
Stop smoking and protect yourself from tobacco
Eat healthily
Maintain a healthy weight
Know your numbers
Know the warning signs
Carefully take your medication
Keep track
Warning signs
Heart attack warning signs
Stroke warning signs
Different diseases
Cardiovascular Disease
Risk factors
Cardiovascular risk factors
MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
NON-MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
Other common non modifiable risk factors include:
Key facts
Here are some FAQs about the key facts of cardiovascular disease. Click on the questions below to see the answers
What is the burden of cardiovascular disease?
What causes cardiovascular disease?
What is cholesterol?
What are triglycerides?
How is coronary heart disease diagnosed?
How are smoking and heart disease linked?
Does diet play a part in the development of heart disease?
Aren’t women protected from heart disease because of estrogen?
How do the symptoms of a heart attack differ between men and women?
Is heart disease hereditary?
What counts as hypertension?
What is the connection between raised blood pressure and heart disease?
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