Cardiovascular diseases in turkey: focus on prevention

摘要

Turkey is a big country (72 million population,800.000 square meter area). Half of the total deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases. (Figure 1) The most important 4 risk factors are: Hypertension, obesity, smoking and high cholesterol. These findings were based on many studies performed in Turkey. (Figure 2-3)In order to prevent cardiovascular diseases, Ministry of Health and Turkish Society of Cardiology and the related societies are working very hard. These lists are showing what we did and we have been doing so far.