Raljević Enver, Smajkić Arif, Majić Izet
Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
Med Arh. 2007;61(2 Suppl 1):3-6.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in developed countries and in most developing countries. They represent an important cause of loss of working ability, invalidity, hospitalization and increase of health care costs. Annually, about 20 million people dies from CVDs, and projections says that by the year 2020 25 million people will be casualties from it. Mortality increase from CVDs will be markedly higher in non-developed than in developed countries, which is due to changes in the population structure, prevalence of risk factor and insufficient preventive activity. Last fifty years morbidity and mortality of CVD in B&H are in increasing and follow trends in countries in transition.
心血管疾病（CVD）是发达国家以及大多数发展中国家的主要死因。它们是导致工作能力丧失、残疾、住院以及医疗保健成本增加的重要原因。每年约有2000万人死于心血管疾病，据预测，到2020年，将有2500万人因此丧生。心血管疾病导致的死亡率在非发达国家的增长将明显高于发达国家，这是由于人口结构变化、风险因素流行率以及预防活动不足所致。在过去的五十年里，波黑的心血管疾病发病率和死亡率一直在上升，并遵循转型国家的趋势。
