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Deaths attributed to HF decreasing in Europe
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Researchers reported a 40% reduction in deaths attributed to HF in seven European countries during the last two decades.
In France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden, and England and Wales, the standardized death rate for HF decreased continuously from 54.2 per 100,000 people in 1987 to 32.6 per 100,000 people in 2008. Differences in death rates were recorded in the early 1990s, but seemed to converge later to approximately 30 deaths per 100,000 people for both men and women.
Researchers found a related increase in the mean age at death from HF. In 1987, the mean age at death from HF was 80 years compared with 82.7 years in 2008.
Further, half of the deaths related to HF occurred in the hospital; this did not change over time.
“We hypothesize that these results may be related to a better management of chronic and acute HF patients over the last 20 years,” the researchers concluded.
For more information:
- Laribi S. Eur J Heart Fail. 2012;doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfr182.