European Society of Cardiology: cardiovascular disease statistics 2021: Executive Summary.
Adam D TimmisPanos VardasNick TownsendAleksandra TorbicaHugo A KatusDelphine De SmedtChris P GaleAldo P MaggioniSteffen Erhard PetersenRadu HuculeciDzianis KazakiewiczVictor de Benito RubioBarbara IgnatiukZahra Raisi-EstabraghAgnieszka PawlakEfstratios KaragiannidisRoderick TreskesDan GaitaJohn F BeltrameAlexander McConnachieIsabel BardinetIan GrahamMarcus FlatherPerry Mark ElliottElias A MossialosFranz WeidingerStephan AchenbachPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
Risk factors and unhealthy behaviours are potentially reversible, and this provides a huge opportunity to address the health inequalities across ESC member countries that are highlighted in this report. It seems clear, however, that efforts to seize this opportunity are falling short and present evidence suggests that most of the WHO NCD targets for 2025 are unlikely to be met across ESC member countries.