This document discusses cardiovascular diseases in Egypt. Some key points: 1. The mortality rate for cardiovascular diseases in Egypt was 560.0 per 100,000 people in 2002. 2. Cardiovascular diseases are now the leading cause of death in many Middle Eastern countries, accounting for 25-40% of all deaths. 3. A study in Egypt found that the prevalence of hypertension was 26.3% among adults ages 25 and older, with rates being higher in urban than rural areas and in Cairo specifically.

1. Biostatistics of Heart
diseases in Egypt
Dr / M Kamal

2. Mortality rate for cardiovascular diseases
560.0 /)per 100 000 population( year 2002

3. Cardiovascular diseases are now the
leading cause of death in many countries of
the region
Mortality rate due to CVS diseases
represent 25%-40% of all deaths
Qatar
Kuwait
Bahrain
Jordan

4. Monitoring Cardio-vascular Diseases in Egypt
WHO and Ain-Shams University2000

5. sex
100
90
80
70 57%
60
43%
50
40
30
20
10
0
male female

6. Education
Illiterate 55.3
Read and write 8.9
Primary education 4.9
Preparatory education 4.5
Secondary education 14.7
University education 11.7

7. Occupation
Professional 4.4
Administrator & 2.2
Business owners
Employees 11.1
Sale personals 1.1
Technicians 3.7
Regular Workers 3.3
House wives 48.0
Farmers 5.8
Retired 13.6

8. History of major cardiac
diseases
100
90
80
67.1
70
60
50
40
30
20 11.9 10.4 7.8
10 4
0
Hypertension Infarction Rheumatic chronic ischemia Angina

9. Hypertension in Egypt
)Egyptian National Hypertension Project )NHP
Dr Mohsen Ibrahim -
adults 25 years of age< -
conducted in six Egyptian governorates. -
- Persons6733

10. General incidence rate in Egypt
Age Group Number % Incidence
+25 6,733 26.3

11. Males or females?!
AGE

12. Males
%
100
90
80
70
60 54.4 48
50 40.9
40 34
30
20.4
20 11
10
0
25 35 45 55 65 75+ Age

13. Females
%
10 0
90
80
64.5 65
70
55. 3
60
50 40.8
40
30 16 . 9
20 4. 6
10
0
25 35 45 55 65 75+ A ge

14. Incidence & Control & awareness & TTT
 Incidence is higher in Cairo.
 Control is higher in costal regions
 Rate of awareness and treatment are
lowest in low socioeconomic standard
 The prevalence of hypertension is higher
in urban than in rural populations

15. !!!
• 37.5% of hypertensive individuals were
aware that they had hypertension.
• 23.9% were being treated with
antihypertensive medications.
• 8% were under control
????

16. Deaths from rheumatic heart disease

18. Deaths from coronary HD

20. Burden of coronary Heart diseases