Use of genetic algorithms for classification of datasets

Abstract

The number one cause of death in world is cardio vascular diseases (CVD). Millions of people died due to cardio vascular diseases than by any other causes. World Health Organization published statistics in 2012 — according to which around 17.5 million people lost their lives from cardiovascular disease in 2012, which is 31% of all global deaths. Among these recorded statistics of death, 7.4 million people dies due to coronary heart disease and around 6.7 million people dies from stroke [1]. Evidences show that the people who died due to cardiovascular diseases are from low or middle-income countries like India, Nepal, some of the South African countries, and very few European countries. When we analyze these statistics based on the age of people, among the 16 million people who died before they reach 70, the reason behind those deaths were non-communicable diseases. Around 82% percent of deaths due to cardio vascular diseases are from low or middle-income countries. World Health Organization has published in India's Country Health Profile that heart disease was the leading cause of death, killing1215.4 thousand people in 2012. Heart disease contributes to 28% of deaths in India annually. Recent surveys and statistics from India reveal that approximately 30 million people who are suffering from heart diseases and around two lakh surgeries are being done each year. These statistics show how badly India has been affected by heart diseases. Most of the cardio vascular diseases can be well avoided or prevented by adoption of healthy lifestyle — like quitting tobacco and all variants of tobacco products, avoiding unhealthy diet and obesity, involving in physical activity or exercises and quitting consumption of alcohol. Government is striving hard to create awareness among the countrymen to quit tobacco and alcohol — which contribute majorly for heart disease by adopting various mass media advertisements like playing the mandatory cautionary warning messages in all movie theaters, by mandating the manufacturers to print the stationary warnings on all tobacco and alcoholic goods packages. But still India has a long way to spread complete awareness among its population. People who have symptoms of cardiovascular diseases (which in turn based on the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases like consumption of tobacco and alcohol) require an early detection and mitigation of the risks by medication and counseling to avoid future disasters. Hence early detection of cardiovascular disease is gaining major importance in recent days [1].