Day: June 15, 2025

the estimated number of deaths due to CVDs increased from around 12.1 million in 1990 (equally distributed between males and females) to 18.6 million (9.6 million males and 8.9 million females) in 2019 (Figure 1). Figure 1: Global trends in number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, 1990-2019. Source: Institute for Health