Key result
Global heart failure cases among older adults increased from 14.1 million in 1990 to 36.2 million in 2021, with the fastest growth in low-to-middle Sociodemographic Index regions.
Why the study?
Despite the growing prevalence of heart failure, comprehensive analyses of HF burden in older adults aged 65 years or older, including trends, causes, and socioeconomic disparities, remain limited.
Population
Older adults aged ≥65 years globally from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Comparison
Burden across Sociodemographic Index quintiles and causes from 1990 to 2021
Design
Cross-sectional temporal trends, decomposition, and Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort modelling study
Authors
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May warrant prioritized prevention in low-middle SDI older adults; leaves open whether IHD control can flatten the 2035 rise.
Observational
Yes
The global burden of heart failure in older adults has more than doubled from 1990 to 2021, driven primarily by population growth, with the fastest escalation in low-middle Sociodemographic Index regions.
Gu et al. (2025) conducted an observational in Heart failure. Time period (1990 to 2021) was evaluated on Heart failure prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs). Global heart failure cases among older adults increased from 14.1 million in 1990 to 36.2 million in 2021, with the fastest growth in low-to-middle Sociodemographic Index regions.
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