Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, that is, coronary heart disease (including angina, myocardial infarction, cardiac stents, cardiac bypass, five symptoms of coronary heart disease, etc.), cerebral infarction, these two diseases, are currently the main causes of death in our people.
Scientists, recently counted the relationship between atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and disability adjustment life years in China from 1990 to 2019 for 30 years.
The results showed that in 30 years, the disability-adjusted life expectancy of coronary heart disease increased by 134% annually (50% of the global average), and the disability-adjusted life expectancy of cerebral infarction increased by 139% annually (57% of the global average).
What do you mean? To clarify this relationship, let's first introduce: disability adjustment life years.
1. Disability adjustment life years
Disability-adjusted life years refer to the total number of years of healthy life lost from onset of illness to death, including the years of lost life due to early death and the years of loss of healthy life due to disability caused by illness.
That is to say, after we humans get sick, the consequences of our health are on the one hand, we may be disabled, and the disability must be in an unhealthy state, on the other hand, it will lead to shortened life and early death. Both of these outcomes will reduce the healthy lifespan of our human beings.
Specific to the two diseases of coronary heart disease and cerebral infarction, such as Zhang San has coronary heart disease, then it may shorten his life expectancy, then Zhang San's healthy life expectancy will be shortened; Li Si has cerebral infarction, Li Si may be hemiplegic and aphasia, then Li Si's healthy life expectancy will be shortened.
Disability-adjusted life years can be a comprehensive analysis of onset, disability, disability and death in a scientific way, and is one of the main indicators used to measure the burden of disease.
The disability-adjusted life expectancy of coronary heart disease increased by 134% per year, that is, the impact of coronary heart disease on healthy life expectancy increased by 134% in 30 years;
Disability-adjusted life expectancy for cerebral infarction increased by 139% per year, that is, the impact of cerebral infarction on healthy longevity increased by 139% in 30 years.
Second, what specific reasons lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases that lead to the shortening of our healthy life expectancy?
1, life expectancy is prolonged, the population is old.
One of the main reasons is that we have lived longer and our population has aged.
In 1990, the average life expectancy of Chinese population was 68.55 years, and the average life expectancy of Chinese residents reached 77.3 years in 2019! Over the past 30 years, our average life expectancy has increased by almost 10 years.
One of the main reasons for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases themselves is that older people are at higher risk. So relatively speaking, the longer we live, the more people who naturally have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Then because of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the impact on healthy life expectancy is relatively large.
Therefore, the first reason is the extension of life expectancy, more and more people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and the aging of the population is an objective reason for the increase in disability adjustment life years.
2, lifestyle, is still a cause of shortened healthy life
The impact of alcohol consumption, as the age-standardized disability-adjusted life rate due to drinking alcohol increased the most from 1990 (486%). The standard of living has improved, there is money in the pocket, and more and more people drinking. Even many people mistakenly believe that drinking alcohol can soften blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
But the opposite is true, people who drink alcohol for a long time have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases than people who do not drink alcohol.
The impact of overweight, the standard of living has improved, eating more and more oil, eating more and more fine, the result is that more and more people are overweight and obese. With a high BMI attributed disability-adjusted life expectancy rate of up to 96%, overweight and obesity have become independent risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Overweight and obese people, not only three high people, but also the incidence of coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction rate is also high.
The effects of the three highs, hypertension and hyperlipidemia are the two most important causes of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The incidence of hypertension is 27.5% and the incidence of hypercholesterolemia is 8.8%.
A large number of people, appear 3 high, some people did not find, some people did not actively control, the result will lead to more cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
The effects of unhealthy diets, excessive intake of red meat, tobacco and alcohol, etc. are all causes of high incidence of cardiovascular disease.
What we can change is actually the way we live, through a healthy lifestyle, to keep us away from disease, or to delay the arrival of disease.
Postponing the advent of the disease, that is, maintaining a longer healthy life, maintaining a higher quality of life, not only living long, but also living healthily and happily.
Therefore, we try our best to maintain a comprehensive healthy lifestyle, away from tobacco and alcohol, actively control the three highs, and maintain healthy eating habits, so as to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases!