Heart disease, number one killer

60 percent of all deaths in Serbia are caused by cardiovascular diseases, records show.

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Wednesday, 17.09.2008.

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60 percent of all deaths in Serbia are caused by cardiovascular diseases, records show. This puts Serbia at Europe's second and the global third place on the list of deaths caused by heart-related illnesses. Heart disease, number one killer President of the Serbia Fund for Your Heart organization Miodrag Ostojic says that the death rate caused by heart diseases is two to three times higher than in developed countries. "Certain factors such as age, sex or hereditary disease cannot be treated, but we can influence those that we cause ourselves, such as smoking, physical inactivity, bad diet, obesity and high blood pressure, and the percentage of fat in the blood,” Ostojic said. He added that any disease related to heart and blood vessel before the age of 80 is the patients' “own fault”. International Heart Day will be marked here on Sunday, September 21, and the motto will be “The Health Code – Are You Aware of Your Risk?” This day will also see several educational campaigns in major towns in Serbia and events in Belgrade during all next week, Ostojic said. Deputy Health Minister Nevena Karanovic said on the occasion that some 50 centers aiming to promote heart disease prevention are operational in Serbia, where citizens can check their blood pressure and receive information free of charge and without visiting their doctor first. "Only one fifth of the Serbian population faces none of the heart disease risk factors,” Karanovic explained. Belgrade’s Health Council member Vladan Subarovic says that that the capital's in near future will be prevention as a basic protection measure against non-contagious diseases, as well as early detection of malignant diseases.

Heart disease, number one killer

President of the Serbia Fund for Your Heart organization Miodrag Ostojić says that the death rate caused by heart diseases is two to three times higher than in developed countries.

"Certain factors such as age, sex or hereditary disease cannot be treated, but we can influence those that we cause ourselves, such as smoking, physical inactivity, bad diet, obesity and high blood pressure, and the percentage of fat in the blood,” Ostojić said.

He added that any disease related to heart and blood vessel before the age of 80 is the patients' “own fault”.

International Heart Day will be marked here on Sunday, September 21, and the motto will be “The Health Code – Are You Aware of Your Risk?”

This day will also see several educational campaigns in major towns in Serbia and events in Belgrade during all next week, Ostojić said.

Deputy Health Minister Nevena Karanović said on the occasion that some 50 centers aiming to promote heart disease prevention are operational in Serbia, where citizens can check their blood pressure and receive information free of charge and without visiting their doctor first.

"Only one fifth of the Serbian population faces none of the heart disease risk factors,” Karanović explained.

Belgrade’s Health Council member Vladan Šubarović says that that the capital's in near future will be prevention as a basic protection measure against non-contagious diseases, as well as early detection of malignant diseases.

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