title: Cardiovascular disease in Europe: epidemiological update.
abstract: This overview provides a Europe-wide update on the current burden of cardiovascular disease, and specifically of coronary heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease continues to cause a large proportion of deaths and disability in Europe, and places a substantial burden on the health care systems and economies of Europe. The overall picture, and the distribution of the burden, continues to evolve in a developing Europe. There have been major improvements in recent years on many measures of cardiovascular disease; however, these improvements have not been universal, and substantial inequalities persist.
authors.affiliation: British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scarborough
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Mortality; Treatment