Abstract
BackgroundCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are now in a rising trend in South East Asia including Myanmar due to increase in major cardiovascular risk factors in both urban and rural areas, such as smoking, obesity and diabetes mellitus. It is necessary to determine CVD morbidities in Myanmar for planning of prevention and control activities for CVDs. The cross-sectional household survey was conducted in 2012 with 600 people aged 40 years and above in four townships (Kyauk-Tan, Mawlamyaing, Pathein and Pyay) and used face-to-face interview with standard questionnaire [Rose Angina Questionnaire and Questionnaire by European Cardiovascular Indicators Surveillance Set (EUROCISS) Research Group] to determine the level of reported CVD morbidities in adult population.ResultsAge of the study population ranged from 40 to 99 years with the mean age of 56 years. Seventy-one percent of the study population was women. Nine percent of the study population have suffered from angina according to Rose Angina Questionnaire. Prevalence of possible heart attack, stroke and heart failure was 7.5, 1.5 and 2.8%. Prevalence of hypertension was 51%.ConclusionThe CVD morbidities are high. There is a need for strengthening prevention and control activities of CVDs.
Highlights
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are in a rising trend in South East Asia including Myanmar due to increase in major cardiovascular risk factors in both urban and rural areas, such as smoking, obesity and diabetes mellitus
Over the past 20 years, deaths from CVDs have been declining in highincome countries, but have increased at a fast rate in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC)
This paper aims to present information on levels of selected cardiovascular morbidities in four study townships, using data from this survey
Summary
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are in a rising trend in South East Asia including Myanmar due to increase in major cardiovascular risk factors in both urban and rural areas, such as smoking, obesity and diabetes mellitus. Communicable diseases were the main causes of death around the world for centuries. After the Second World War, with medical research achievements in terms of vaccination, antibiotics and improvement of life conditions, non communicable diseases (NCDs) started causing major problems in industrialized countries [1]. The first half of the twentieth century saw an emerging epidemic of cardiovascular diseases as a result of industrialization, urbanization, increased prosperity in the developed countries. Over the past 20 years, deaths from CVDs have been declining in highincome countries, but have increased at a fast rate in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC). CVDs have a major impact on developed nations and on low and middle income countries, where it accounts for nearly 30% of all deaths [2]
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