The Claim
Between 1990 and 2021, the absolute number of ischemic heart disease deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) among adults aged 55 and above increased by 70.74% and 63.04%, respectively, despite declining age-standardized rates, indicating that population aging is the primary driver of the rising burden.
What the research says
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From 1990 to 2021, the total number of deaths and years lived with disability from ischemic heart disease rose significantly in people aged 55 and older, even though the rate of disease per age group went down, because the population of older adults grew larger.
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The absolute number of ischemic heart disease deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) increased by 70.74% and 63.04%, respectively, between 1990 and 2021 among adults aged 55 and above, despite declining age-standardized rates, indicating that population aging is the primary driver of rising burden.
More people are living past age 55 than before, and as people age, their hearts and blood vessels naturally wear down, making heart disease more likely. With many more older people alive today, even if each person is less likely to die from heart disease than in the past, the total number of heart disease deaths and disability years goes up because there are so many more people at risk.
What the research says
1 studyEven though fewer older people are dying of heart disease each year compared to their population size, there are so many more older people alive today than in 1990 that the total number of deaths and disability years has gone up a lot — and that’s mostly because we’re all living longer.
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