Mortalidad por enfermedades cardiovasculares en Colombia 1993-2017

Abstract

Governments must design Public Policies, these being the actions, plans or strategies that allow solving or reducing social problems, in integration with all the sectors involved, regarding issues of promotion and prevention of health in relation to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) which is the main cause of death worldwide, about 30% of deaths in the world are due to this pathology, in Colombia for the year 2017 31.8% of deaths are from CVD, which implies a high economic cost for the health system in terms of medical care and loss of labor productivity given its duration and slow evolution. Within this scenario, it is important to review, in addition, the applicable and current regulations on obesity prevention considered as an independent risk factor in CVD morbidity and mortality, which also increases the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer especially breast, colon and prostate, also people have discrimination, social exclusion and depression