1 / 25

Epidemiology of CHD risk factors in Saudi Arabia

Epidemiology of CHD risk factors in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alaa Elalem Medical Department Pfizer, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Young population. WHR2006. 79 % under age of 40 42 % under age of 20 16 %at age of 40-60 5 % over age of 60. Rank. Country. Life expectancy at birth ( years).

bruce-ellis
Download Presentation

Epidemiology of CHD risk factors in Saudi Arabia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Epidemiology of CHD risk factors in Saudi Arabia Dr. Alaa Elalem Medical Department Pfizer, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  2. Young population WHR2006 79 % under age of 40 42 % under age of 20 16 %at age of 40-60 5 % over age of 60

  3. Rank Country Life expectancy at birth ( years) 1 San Marino 82 3 Japan 82 20 Germany 79 28 USA 78 38 UAE 77 61 Syria 72 80 Saudi Arabia 71 88 Turkey 71 107 Egypt 68 192 Zimbabwe 36 Life expectancy at birth WHR 2006

  4. Rank Country Physician Density per 1000 1 San Marino 47.35 / 1990 26 Germany 3.37 / 2003 47 USA 2.56 / 2000 62 UAE 2.02 / 2001 64 Japan 1.98 / 2002 76 Syria 1.40 / 2001 77 Saudi Arabia 1.30 / 2004 79 Turkey 1.35 / 2003 120 Egypt 0.54 / 2003 192 Malawi 0.02 / 2004 Global distribution of healthcare Physicians WHR 2006

  5. Healthcare expenditure indicators WHR 2006

  6. Top 10cause of Death in K.S.A.

  7. Top 10cause of Death in K.S.A. 30 %

  8. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality among the Saudi population1 • A significant proportion of hospital admissions is due to CVD, whether acute or chronic or to cardiac procedures including angiograms2 1-Al Balla SR,. J Trop Med Hyg 1993;96:157-62 2-Bamgboye EA, Saudi Med J 1993;13(1):8-13. ] .

  9. C.H.D. Risk Factors • Hypertension • D.M. • Dyslipidemia • Cigarette Smoking • Obesity • Lack of physical Activity 1- Modifiable: 2- Non Modifiable: Age Male gender Family History

  10. Prevalence of Hypertension in Saudi Arabia AL-Nozha et al in a cross-sectional cluster sampling & house hold survey on 13700 Saudis of both sexes Kingdomwide Ann Saudi Med, Vol 17, No2.1997

  11. Comparative Prevalence of hypertension and the expected hypertensionpopulation in each country Journal of Hypertension 2005, Vol 23 No 6

  12. Cost of Hypertension in S.A • Al-shahri& Elzubier in their cross-sectional study in Al-khobar on 311 hypertensives& 60 Drs to assess the cost of hypertension management and awareness of PHCCD about aspects of it,estimated the cost around 1000,000 Saudi Riyals per year of which 67% was consultation cost,17% drugs &16% investigation cost. • SMJ1998;VOL.19(4):390-393 &East-mediterr-health-J 1998 Dec; 4(3) :493-501

  13. Prevalence of dyslipidemia in Saudi Adults • The overall prevalence of hypercholesterolemia TC > 200 mg/ dL: 35.4% . • The overall prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia TG > 150 mg/ dL) : 49.6%. • HDL Values in men and women Men <40mg/dL: 74.8 % Women <50mg/dL: 81.8 Al-Nozha MM.et al. Metabolic syndrome in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J 2005; 26 (12): 1918-1925

  14. Prevalence of DM in Saudi Arabia

  15. General Mortality in Saudi diabetics 2000 Saudi diabetics ( Initial )

  16. Prevalence of obesity in Saudi Adults

  17. Prevalence of obesity in Saudi Adults

  18. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Saudi Adults Overall prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome as defined by the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III in 2001 was 39.3%.

  19. The prevalence of regular smokers in each country Journal of Hypertension 2005, Vol 23 No 6

  20. “A Man is as Old as His Arteries” Dr Thomas Sydenham (1624-89)

More Related