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Program in Cardiovascular Health Metrics

Advancing cardiovascular health through innovative research, global collaboration, and actionable insights for healthier communities worldwide

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9 million deaths were caused by ischemic heart disease in 2023, making it the leading cause of death globally.
32% of all deaths globally were caused by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in 2023.
130 million people aged 15-49 years were living with CVDs in 2023.
10% more CVD deaths occurred in men compared to women in 2023.

Reports

Report

Social Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Evidence

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be a significant health concern globally, causing substantial morbidity and mortality and addressing this health issue requires more than just focusing on individual behaviors or medical treatments.

Gregory Roth, Emmanuela Gakidou, Ali Mokdad, Louisa Ewald, Kate LeGrand, Feras Wahab
September 15, 2023
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Evaluation frameworks for the social determinants of cardiovascular disease: A Landscape Review of Existing Approaches

There are strong associations between Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and health outcomes, specifically for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and in order to understand the psychosocial, biological, and environmental pathways in which SDH affect health outcomes, institutions have developed frameworks for defining and measuring SDH.

Louisa Ewald, Kate LeGrand, Feras Wahab, Emmanuela Gakidou, Bernardo Hernández Prado, Gregory Roth
November 15, 2022

Other research

Publications

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Scientific Publication

Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023

Christopher J.L. Murray, Gregory Roth, Benjamin Stark, Nikki DeCleene, Johnathan Hsu, Catherine Johnson, Laura Lara-Castor, Kate LeGrand, Sameer Ali, Jason Anderson, Aleksandr Aravkin, Michael Brauer, Aaron Cohen, Xiaochen Dai, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Laura Fleszar, Luisa Sorio Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou, Demewoz Haile Woldegebreal, Erin Hamilton, Simon Hay, Jiawei He, Nicholas Kassebaum, Stephen Lim, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ali Mokdad, Christian Razo, Austin Schumacher, Sandra Spearman, Lauryn Stafford, Jeff Stanaway
September 24, 2025