While global age-standardized rates of AF/AFL prevalence, incidence, and DALYs decreased from 1990 to 2019, mortality slightly increased, highlighting a growing and disproportionate burden in lower socio-demographic index countries.
Rising AF mortality in low-SDI countries despite global incidence declines warrants monitoring; leaves open targeted prevention research.
AF/AFL remains a major global public health problem, although the ASR of prevalence, incidence, and DALY at the worldwide level showed a decreasing trend from 1990 to 2019(the ASR of deaths increased slightly). However, the unfavorable trend observed in this study in countries with lower SDI suggests that current prevention and treatment strategies should be reoriented. Some countries should develop more targeted and specific strategies to prevent the increase of AF/AFL.
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