Trends in Incidence and Case Fatality Rates of Heart Disease and Its Subtypes in Korea, 2006–2015

Su Ra Seo, Shin Yi Jang and Sung-il Cho
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Su Ra Seo: Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Shin Yi Jang: Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea
Sung-il Cho: Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: Heart disease (HD) is the second leading cause of death in Korea. Several studies in Korea have analyzed the trends of incidence and mortality of myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic heart disease (IHD), but few have investigated incidence and mortality trends of HD and its subtypes. The aim of this study was to assess the national trends in incidence and case fatality rates of overall HD and its subtypes (including IHD, heart failure (HF), arrhythmia, hypertensive HD (HHD), valvular HD, pulmonary HD, and others) in Korea between 2006 and 2015. Using records from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) claims database (2003–2015) and by obtaining the causes of death (Korean Statistical Information Service, 2006–2017), we analyzed the crude and age-standardized incidence rates from 2006 to 2015 and the case fatality rates from 2006 to 2017 of HD and its subtypes. Between 2006 and 2015, the incidence of overall HD changed minimally, but the age-standardized incidence of HD decreased from 210.0 persons per 100,000 populations in 2006 to 161.3 persons in 2015. However, incidence rates have increased in arrhythmia, HD other, pulmonary HD, and the case fatality rates have increased in HF, valvular HD, and HD other. Therefore, it is essential to continuously monitor the incidence and case fatality rates of HD and its subtypes and expand the focus onto prevention and treatment strategies from MI or IHD to various HD subtypes. Active prevention and management are needed to alleviate the burden of HD due to an aging population in Korea.

Keywords: heart disease; subtypes of heart disease; incidence; fatality rate; trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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