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<title>Our World in Data - Cardiovascular Diseases</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2025-08-04T04:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-deaths-decline</id>
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    <published>2025-08-04T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-deaths-decline"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7ca4974e-8cc8-4b46-a09f-a870c56c1600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Cardiovascular disease death rates have fallen rapidly in many countries</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cardiovascular-disease-death-rates-have-fallen-rapidly-in-many-countries</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cardiovascular-disease-death-rates-have-fallen-rapidly-in-many-countries"/>
    <published>2025-01-23T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cardiovascular-disease-death-rates-have-fallen-rapidly-in-many-countries"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/001f6768-10e5-442b-766c-5f899dc6f100/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Cholesterol levels have declined among American adults in recent decades</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cholesterol-levels-have-declined-among-american-adults-in-recent-decades</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cholesterol-levels-have-declined-among-american-adults-in-recent-decades"/>
    <published>2024-12-31T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cholesterol-levels-have-declined-among-american-adults-in-recent-decades"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ddefb201-22db-4082-26d5-11cb22d26a00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Cancer has replaced cardiovascular diseases as the leading cause of death in several wealthy countries</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cancer-has-replaced-cardiovascular-diseases-as-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-several-wealthy-countries</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cancer-has-replaced-cardiovascular-diseases-as-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-several-wealthy-countries"/>
    <published>2024-08-23T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cancer-has-replaced-cardiovascular-diseases-as-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-several-wealthy-countries"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/32629ffa-6e58-4db0-1c6c-b941f0171500/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Pacemakers are crucial to people with heart rhythm disorders, but their adoption varies widely</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/pacemakers-are-crucial-to-people-with-heart-rhythm-disorders-but-their-adoption-varies-widely</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/pacemakers-are-crucial-to-people-with-heart-rhythm-disorders-but-their-adoption-varies-widely"/>
    <published>2024-03-01T07:41:58.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/pacemakers-are-crucial-to-people-with-heart-rhythm-disorders-but-their-adoption-varies-widely"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/826bba95-7b0a-4d8f-d7d0-1acdacb70c00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Cardiovascular Diseases</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases"/>
    <published>2023-12-14T12:56:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death worldwide. Explore global data on cardiovascular diseases, their treatments, risk factors, and trends over time.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7ad520bc-a9b6-4288-b227-1de5cdb0ea00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>What are the different types of cardiovascular diseases, and how many deaths do they cause?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases-types-and-death-tolls</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases-types-and-death-tolls"/>
    <published>2023-12-14T11:38:09.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Cardiovascular diseases are a range of related health conditions that develop in the heart and blood vessels. What are the different diseases, and what is their impact worldwide?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-diseases-types-and-death-tolls"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/5147c69c-0a8b-43dc-a615-2be665abad00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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