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Cardiovascular diseases are increasing in Europe/ Around 2 million victims and cost 282 billion euros per year

2025-12-15 16:09:00, Sociale CNA

Cardiovascular diseases are increasing in Europe/ Around 2 million victims and

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability across the European Union, causing around 1.7 million deaths each year and affecting 62 million people, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 

Cardiovascular diseases refer to conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels, such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.

Over the past 50 years, life expectancy has increased significantly in European countries, largely due to advances in its prevention and treatment and risk factors, but these conditions are still the leading cause of death.

In most European Union countries, the mortality rate from circulatory diseases is about 26-60% higher in men than in women.

Non-modifiable risk factors, such as sex, age, family history, and ethnicity or race, are those innate individual characteristics that can increase the risk of developing a cardiovascular condition. Modifiable risk factors include clinical, metabolic, lifestyle, behavioral, and environmental factors.

Globally, 83% of all deaths due to this disease in 2021 were attributed to modifiable risk factors, while in the EU this figure fell to 76 percent.

Metabolic risk factors are the dominant group, accounting for around 70% of deaths globally and 68% in the EU. This includes hypertension, high blood sugar and cholesterol.

Behavioural risks, such as smoking, unhealthy diet and harmful use of alcohol, are the second largest group, accounting for around 42% of cardiovascular disease deaths globally and 37% in the EU.





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