Incidence and Prevalence of Circulatory Diseases in Lebanon: A Physician's Inquiry

This letter to the editor reports on a study done in Lebanon with an objective to estimate the incidence and prevalence of major diseases of the circulatory system by using physician-reported data. A total of 236,815 patients with circulatory diseases were examined by physicians belonging to the thr...

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Published in:Ethnicity & disease 2008-12, Vol.19 (1), p.1-1
Main Authors: Jurjus, Abdo R, Tohme, Rania A, Ephrem, Georges, Hajj Hussein, Inaya A, Jurjus, Rosalyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Disease
Circulatory system
Epidemiology
Health
Health and Medicine
Medical research
Medical trends
Statistical Data
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Summary:This letter to the editor reports on a study done in Lebanon with an objective to estimate the incidence and prevalence of major diseases of the circulatory system by using physician-reported data. A total of 236,815 patients with circulatory diseases were examined by physicians belonging to the three specialties in 2005, which indicates an overall prevalence of 14%; cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have prevalences of 6.8% and 5.2%, respectively, among persons aged 30 years and older. Compared with findings in Western data, the authors estimate relatively high rates of circulatory diseases in Lebanon.
ISSN:1049-510X