Cardiovascular Disease Trends

Article #1 A study conducted by Capewell, Ford, Croft, Critchley, Greenlund, and Labarthe (2010) studied coronary heart disease risk factors trends and mortality in the United States. The purpose of this study was to look at cardiovascular risk factors in the United States since coronary heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the world. It is not only the leading cause of death, but coronary heart disease is also costing the United States a lot of money. Since much of the population is affected by coronary heart disease, health care costs are extremely high for the people affected. They explored the probability of reducing the risk factors, which include smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol levels
The main purpose of this study was to examine the trends and burdens of cardiovascular disease and other heart problems because they are the leading causes of death in the United States. Health care money for cardiovascular disease in the United States is also extremely high since such a large number of the population is affected. Some of the main causes of cardiovascular disease are the population aging, the rise in obesity and the increase of the risk factors. Heart disease affects all ages and ethnicities. Because this disease is becoming more common and taking more lives there is high concern. The affects cardiovascular disease has on the United States population could easily be reduced with people making some lifestyle changes including healthier diets and more physical activity. This article relates to the other literature cited throughout the article in the way that they are all focusing on health concerns, heart diseases and the risk factors in the United States. The increase in risk factors and heart diseases are a cause for concern in the United States and around the world because of the amount of lives affected by them each
With this study they found that one in three adults have some form of cardiovascular disease. The highest risk factor of cardiovascular disease is increasing age and risk factors. The most common types of cardiovascular disease were found to be hypertension, congenital heart defects, stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease. Currently cardiovascular disease is the most costly disease in the United States due to the fact that it is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and nursing home stays. There are many risk factors that are causing cardiovascular disease to continue taking lives each year. However, increasing rates of obesity and type II diabetes are causing challenges for the public