Cardiovascular disease: A global problem extending into the developing world

Figure 1 Cause of death by percentage in each region[2].

Figure 2 Deaths attributable to 16 leading causes in developing countries, 2001[3].

Figure 3 Trends of urban populations in developing countries[5].

Figure 4 Cigarette consumption in select countries-comparing industrialized to non-industrialized countries[8,9].

Figure 5 Association between coronary events and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)[33]. A: Myocardial events amongst patients grouped by HIV-infection status; B: Myocardial events grouped by age. Light line represents HIV positive patients, dark line represents patients without HIV.