Other Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases: Social, Globalization, and Urbanization

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are responsible for 30 % of the annual worldwide mortality. There is a trend toward decreased mortality rates in developed countries but increased rates in countries with lower socioeconomic levels, particularly the socialist and emerging third world countries. India, China, and Latin America have the worst predictions of growth of cardiovascular mortality [1]. In 2010, Brazil accounted for one third of all deaths and nearly 30 % of all deaths in the age group of 20–59 years, which affected the economically active adult population [2].