Heart failure by country. Definition, graph and map.

DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Heart failure
Congestive heart failure
Left ventricular failure
Heart failure, unspecifiedl> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered i

Mortality Statistics > Heart failure (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Germany:

56,799 deaths

# 2

United States:

55,704 deaths

# 3

Japan:

46,460 deaths

# 4

Egypt:

39,791 deaths

# 5

Argentina:

30,707 deaths

# 6

Brazil:

28,192 deaths

# 7

Thailand:

27,376 deaths

# 8

Poland:

19,155 deaths

# 9

Spain:

18,990 deaths

# 10

South Africa:

10,473 deaths

# 11

Mexico:

7,954 deaths

# 12

Netherlands:

5,908 deaths

# 13

Canada:

4,835 deaths

# 14

Colombia:

3,902 deaths

# 15

Croatia:

3,391 deaths

# 16

Sweden:

3,385 deaths

# 17

Ecuador:

2,733 deaths

# 18

Australia:

2,639 deaths

# 19

Austria:

2,434 deaths

# 20

Cuba:

2,390 deaths

# 21

Venezuela:

2,014 deaths

# 22

Peru:

1,987 deaths

# 23

Norway:

1,793 deaths

# 24

Denmark:

1,756 deaths

# 25

Chile:

1,480 deaths

# 26

Korea, South:

1,471 deaths

# 27

El Salvador:

1,386 deaths

# 28

Georgia:

1,385 deaths

# 29

Czech Republic:

1,138 deaths

# 30

Uruguay:

962 deaths

# 31

Paraguay:

879 deaths

# 32

Dominican Republic:

856 deaths

# 33

Puerto Rico:

761 deaths

# 34

United Kingdom:

675 deaths

# 35

Hungary:

635 deaths

# 36

Israel:

497 deaths

# 37

Finland:

466 deaths

# 38

Nicaragua:

414 deaths

# 39

Slovenia:

410 deaths

# 40

New Zealand:

372 deaths

# 41

Slovakia:

369 deaths

# 42

Luxembourg:

255 deaths

# 43

Lithuania:

199 deaths

# 44

Kuwait:

183 deaths

# 45

Malta:

181 deaths

# 46

Costa Rica:

167 deaths

# 47

Kyrgyzstan:

134 deaths

# 48

Panama:

93 deaths

# 49

Barbados:

91 deaths

# 50

Latvia:

57 deaths

# 51

Belize:

35 deaths

= 52

Iceland:

24 deaths

= 52

Qatar:

24 deaths

# 54

Bahamas, The:

19 deaths

# 55

Estonia:

8 deaths

= 56

Bahrain:

5 deaths

= 56

Cayman Islands:

5 deaths

# 58

Romania:

2 deaths

Total:

396,406 deaths

Weighted average:

6,834.6 deaths

DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Heart failure
Congestive heart failure
Left ventricular failure
Heart failure, unspecifiedl> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered i

SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System via NationMaster

Mortality Statistics > Heart failure (most recent) by country

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