Heart Risk / Risk of Heart Attack Calculator

Heart Risk / Risk of Heart Attack Calculator

The heart very easily succumbs to our current lifestyle choices. Heart diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide with nearly 17 million people falling prey to it annually.

The major risk factors like hypertension, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, obesity, lack of physical activity, individually have the potential to increase the risk of cardiac diseases by many folds. Fortunately, with appropriate lifestyle changes, most of the heart diseases can be prevented or treated.

If you are in the age group of 30 and 74 years, this calculator helps you in assessing your risk for having a heart attack in the next ten years and guides you in taking the necessary measures to protect your heart.

Important Facts: 

v	It is estimated that approx. 23.6 million people will succumb to Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) by 2030.
v	Tobacco usage increases the risk of death due to Coronary heart disease by 2 to 3 times.
v	More that 50% of death of diabetic patients is attributed to cardiovascular disease.
v	Risk of heart diseases in women increases by 2 to 3 time after menopause. Nearly 8.6 million women meet their death due to cardiac disease annually.
v	Men with diabetes are at approx. five times higher risks for CVD than those without diabetes.

References 

• WHO- Cardiovascular Diseases
  www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/index.html


• Fact Sheet: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) www.idf.org/fact-sheets/diabetes-cvd


• Diabetes, Other Risk Factors, and 12-Yr Cardiovascular Mortality for Men Screened in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Doi: 10.2337/diacare.16.2.434Diabetes Care February 1993vol. 16 no. 2 434-444