Key result
Cancer causes ~2-fold more deaths than cardiovascular disease in high-income countries despite CVD leading globally.
Why the study?
Cancer has become the leading cause of death in high income countries, surpassing cardiovascular disease, but global mortality patterns remain to be clarified.
Cohort
Yes
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May warrant heightened cancer prevention focus in high-income countries; extends global mortality trends but leaves interventional implications open.
Cancer is now responsible for twice as many deaths as cardiovascular disease (CVD) in high income countries, according to two new papers published in the Lancet . The studies said that while CVD remains the leading cause of mortality among middle aged adults globally, accounting for 40% of all deaths, this is no longer the case in high income countries. The researchers estimated that of 55 million deaths that occurred in the world in 2017, approximately 17.7 million were from CVD. The findings come from the PURE study, a large prospective international cohort study that involves substantial data from a large number of middle, low, and high income countries. Countries analysed in the two reports include: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, …
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Elisabeth Mahase (2019) conducted a cohort in Mortality. Country income level was evaluated on Cause of death. Cancer is now responsible for twice as many deaths as cardiovascular disease in high-income countries, although CVD remains the leading cause of mortality globally.
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