Biostatistics of Heart Biostatistics of Heartdiseases in Egyptdiseases in Egypt

Dr / M Kamal

Mortality rate for cardiovascular diseases 560.0 /)per 100 000 population( year 2002

Mortality rate due to CVS diseasesrepresent 25%-40% of all deathsQatarKuwaitBahrainJordan

Cardiovascular diseases are now the leading cause of death in many countries of

the region

Monitoring Cardio-vascular Diseases in EgyptWHO and Ain-Shams University2000

sex

43%

57%

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

male female

EducationEducation

11.7 University education

14.7 Secondary education

4.5 Preparatory education

4.9 Primary education

8.9Read and write

55.3Illiterate

Occupation

13.6 Retired

5.8 Farmers

48.0 House wives

3.3 Regular Workers

3.7 Technicians

1.1 Sale personals

11.1 Employees

2.2 Administrator & Business owners

4.4 Professional

History of major cardiacdiseases

67.1

11.9 10.4 7.8 4

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100

Hypertension Infarction Rheumatic chronic ischemia Angina

Hypertension in EgyptHypertension in Egypt

)Egyptian National Hypertension Project )NHP

Dr\ Mohsen Ibrahim -

adults 25 years of age< -

conducted in six Egyptian governorates. -- Persons6733

General incidence rate in EgyptGeneral incidence rate in Egypt

26.3 6,733 +25

% IncidenceNumber Age Group

AGEMales or females?!

MalesMales

1120.4

3440.9

54.4 48

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100%

Age25 35 45 55 65 75+

FemalesFemales

4 . 616 . 9

4 0 . 855. 3

6 4 . 5 6 5

0102 03 04 0506 0708 09 0

10 0%

A g e2 5 35 45 55 65 75+

Incidence & Control & awareness & TTTIncidence & Control & awareness & TTT

Incidence is higher in Cairo.Control is higher in costal regionsRate of awareness and treatment are

lowest in low socioeconomic standardThe prevalence of hypertension is higher

in urban than in rural populations

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• 37.5% of hypertensive individuals were aware that they had hypertension.

• 23.9% were being treated with antihypertensive medications.

• 8% were under control

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Deaths from rheumatic heart disease

Deaths from coronary HDDeaths from coronary HD

Burden of coronary Heart diseasesBurden of coronary Heart diseases