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  • What are the different types of cardiovascular diseases, and how many deaths do they cause?

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  • Average HDL cholesterol levelsage-standardized
  • Average non-HDL cholesterol levelsage-standardized
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units per million people
  • Cardiac surgeons per million people
  • Cardiologists per million people
  • Catheterization labs per million people
  • Computed tomography (CT) imaging units per million people
  • Coronary angiographies and diagnostic cardiac catheterizations per million people
  • Coronary stents per million people
  • Death rate from cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and endocarditisWHO Global Health Estimates, age-standardized, estimated
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Global Health Estimates, crude, estimated
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesIHME, crude
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Global Health Estimates, age-standardized, estimated
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Mortality Database, crude, reported
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by age groupIHME, crude
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by age groupWHO Mortality Database, crude, reported
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by risk factorIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by sexWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported, scatterplot
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by sexWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases in 15- to 49-year oldsIHME
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseases vs. GDP per capita
  • Death rate from hypertensionIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from hypertensionIHME, crude
  • Death rate from hypertensive heart diseasesWHO
  • Death rate from ischaemic heart diseaseWHO
  • Death rate from rheumatic heart diseasesWHO
  • Death rate from strokeIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from strokeWHO, age-standardized
  • Death rate from strokeIHME, crude
  • Death rate from stroke by age groupIHME
  • Death rates from different causesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Death rates from different causes in France over the 20th century
  • Death rates from different causes in the United States over the 20th century
  • Gamma camera or nuclear medicine units per million people
  • Hospitals with cath labs per million people
  • Hospitals with dedicated heart failure centers per million people
  • Hospitals with dedicated stroke units per million people
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) per million people
  • Incidence rate of cardiovascular diseasesIHME, age-standardized
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units per million people
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Global Health Estimates, estimated
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseasesIHME
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by ageIHME
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by regionWHO Global Health Estimates, estimated
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by regionWHO Global Health Estimates, slope chart
  • Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by risk factorIHME, age-standardized
  • Number of deaths from hypertensionIHME
  • Number of deaths from strokeIHME
  • Number of deaths from strokeWHO
  • Number of deaths from stroke by ageIHME
  • Pacemaker implantations per million people
  • Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging units per million people
  • Prevalence rate of cardiovascular diseasesIHME, age-standardized
  • Prevalence rate of diabetes in adultsWHO Global Health Observatory, age-standardized, estimated
  • Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79
  • Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79
  • Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79
  • Prevalence rate of obesity in adultsAge-standardized
  • Share of adults who smoke
  • Share of deaths from cardiovascular diseasesSlope chart
  • Share of deaths from cardiovascular diseases
  • Share of deaths from major causesWHO Mortality Database
  • Share of deaths from underlying causes
  • Share of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) performed by transradial access
  • Statin accessibility in the public health sector
  • Statin use
  • Statin use by people with cardiovascular diseases to prevent complications
  • Statin use to prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases
  • Statin use vs death rate from cardiovascular diseases
  • Statin use vs. average non-HDL cholesterol levels

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