CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISEASES IN SARAJEVO CANTON
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISEASES IN SARAJEVO CANTON

Summary/Abstract: Noncommunicable diseases, including diseases of the circulatory system, are very widespread in the population and represent a mass phenomenon in which the etiologic factors are not biological or infectious factors, they have a lengthy course and usually last a lifetime, causing serious consequences for human health. The main risk factors for the development of noncommunicable diseases, except genetic predisposition, are conditioned by habits and lifestyle, and can be significantly reduced by application of effective measures and interventions for prevention and control of these diseases. The diseases of the circulatory system have a major public health importance as the leading causes of mortality and the leading diseases in the world, especially in developed countries, but also in developing countries. The objective of this paper is to present the prevalence and trends of diseases of the circulatory system in the morbidity and mortality of the population of Sarajevo Canton. The paper uses retrospective descriptive statistical methods, such as data on morbidity registered in primary health care in the Sarajevo Canton and mortality data of the Institute for Statistics of Federation of BiH. The results show that hypertensive disease, apart from acute upper respiratory infections, is the leading disease in morbidity of the population of Sarajevo Canton (10.95%), and that the diseases of the circulatory system are the leading cause of death of the population of Sarajevo Canton (41.69%). More women die of these diseases (53.78%) in relation to men (46.22%), but in the age group below 65 years of age more men (69.71%) die from circulatory diseases in relation to women (30.29%). The leading causes of death for women in the Sarajevo Canton among diseases of the circulatory system are stroke/cerebral infarction and chronic ischemic heart disease, while among men these are stroke/cerebral infarction and acute myocardial infarction.

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