Kardiovaskulární úmrtnost v České republice

This diploma thesis deals with mortality risk analysis for cardiovascular diseases in the Czech Republic. The intensity of cardiovascular disease mortality rates is still decreasing in recent years. However, these diseases are still the most common cause of death in economically advanced countries, including the Czech Republic. This diploma thesis evaluates the long-term development of cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic in 1970 – 2017. Cardiovascular mortality is prevalent in people advanced in years. There are significant differences in the development of cardiovascular mortality between regions of the Czech Republic and also between developed and the former socialist countries. This paper is also focused on epidemiologic transition, cardiovascular revolution, and epidemiologic studies. There is also described the definition of diseases of the cardiovascular system. In the long term, ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases are the most common form of cardiovascular diseases. There are risk factors, that are influencing the development of these diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and overweight, and lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, physical activity, eating habits, etc. The final part of the diploma thesis focuses on life expectancy after the exclusion of cardiovascular diseases from statistics of causes of death. This is an only hypothetical situation that could prolong life expectancy for a few extra years of life. In the field of health, prevention is very important. If there was an improvement in primary and secondary prevention then cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic would probably continue to decline.