Figure 1
Mortality from diseases of circulatory system in European region by group of countries, 1990–2015.
Notes: 1 Includes Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. 2 Includes Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic. 3 Includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Table 1
Age-standardized death rates from ischemic heart disease (per 100,000 population) in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States by country and by sex.
| Country | Latest year | Males | Females | All | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-standardized mortality, all ages | 10-year change in mortality rate (%) | Age-standardized mortality, all ages | 10-year change in mortality rate (%) | Age-standardized mortality, all ages | 10-year change in mortality rate (%) | ||
| Armenia* | 2016 | 337.9 | N/A | 206.1 | N/A | 263.2 | N/A |
| Belarus*,† | 2015 | 571.4 | –9.5 | 255.6 | –16.8 | 371.4 | –12.6 |
| Bulgaria | 2014 | 140.9 | –37.5 | 72.0 | –43.6 | 102.4 | –40.3 |
| Croatia | 2016 | 171.9 | –17.5 | 101.0 | –18.5 | 132.6 | –17.3 |
| Czech Republic | 2016 | 177.1 | –20.7 | 97.9 | –24.2 | 132.1 | –21.8 |
| Estonia | 2015 | 184.7 | –51.8 | 88.3 | –53.6 | 125.3 | –52.0 |
| Georgia* | 2015 | 134.2 | –40.6 | 73.0 | –35.2 | 98.3 | –36.7 |
| Hungary | 2016 | 246.7 | –22.7 | 139.2 | –24.9 | 183.7 | –23.7 |
| Kazakhstan* | 2015 | 152.0 | –70.8 | 73.3 | –74.4 | 105.1 | –72.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan* | 2015 | 511.4 | 7.5 | 356.0 | 9.0 | 421.9 | 7.5 |
| Latvia | 2015 | 316.1 | –29.8 | 156.0 | –23.6 | 216.8 | –26.6 |
| Lithuania | 2016 | 380.0 | –18.3 | 196.1 | –22.2 | 267.3 | –20.6 |
| Moldova* | 2016 | 435.9 | –31.7 | 292.6 | –34.7 | 353.0 | –32.6 |
| Poland | 2015 | 100.1 | –38.8 | 44.9 | –42.8 | 68.6 | –40.1 |
| Romania | 2016 | 198.0 | –26.3 | 115.5 | –31.7 | 152.2 | –28.7 |
| Russia* | 2013 | 413.0 | –31.3 | 210.6 | –28.2 | 289.1 | –29.9 |
| Slovakia | 2014 | 241.3 | –31.5 | 148.4 | –33.5 | 187.4 | –32.1 |
| Slovenia | 2014 | 78.4 | –31.9 | 32.4 | –44.5 | 52.5 | –36.3 |
| Turkmenistan* | 2013 | 365.7 | –35.5 | 240.3 | –37.4 | 295.1 | –36.4 |
| Ukraine* | 2015 | 582.5 | –21.0 | 340.0 | –19.9 | 433.1 | –20.3 |
| Uzbekistan* | 2014 | 371.7 | –13.7 | 257.6 | –17.4 | 309.3 | –15.6 |
| Western Europe** | 2015 | 73.8 | –33.9 | 33.0 | –39.2 | 51.2 | –35.5 |
| WHO European region*** | 2015 | 193.2 | –28.4 | 106.9 | –26.0 | 142.9 | –27.1 |
[i] Notes:
NA – not available.
* Commonwealth of Independent States membership, either former or current. Recent data not available for Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
† Change in rates for Belarus is over 11 years, due to missing data.
** Average mortality rates for the Western European countries.
*** Average mortality rates for the WHO Euro region.
Source: WHO Health for All Database, 2018.
Figure 2
Changes in prevalence of daily smoking in selected countries in Europe, by sex, 2000–2015. Notes: Daily smoking in persons ≥15 years, 2000–2015. Data were not available for Russia and Ukraine after 2010.
Figure 3
Prevalence of obesity, high blood pressure, low fruit and vegetable consumption and physical inactivity in selected countries in Europe. Notes: Obesity defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m². High blood pressure: self-reported high blood pressure in the past 12 months. Low fruit and vegetable consumption: less than the daily recommendation of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables. Physical inactivity: never exercising or playing sport.