Prevention and Management Strategies for Coronary Heart Disease

Running Head: CORONARY HEART DISEASE
Coronary Heart Disease
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CORONARY HEART DISEASE 2
From: (Insert your Name)
To: Minister of Health Australia
Action required: For approval
Subject: coronary heart disease in the country
Proposal title: Prevention and management strategies for coronary heart disease in the country
Background of the problem
Mr./Mrs./Ms. (insert the name of the minister), I would like to bring to your attention that
coronary heart disease (CHD) happens when the blood vessels which supply the blood to the
body muscles are blocked. There are two major medical types of coronary heart disease, that is,
heart attack which is described as an acute life-threatening condition when sudden blockage in
the blood vessels which supply heart with the blood, threatening to the muscles of the heart as
well as its functions, thus, requiring quick management and treatment (Justo et al. 2017).
Another form of coronary heart disease is angina which is described as a chronic heart condition
where there is short episodes of pain in the chest occurring periodically when the blood supply in
the heart is temporarily deficient. In the country, older individuals with CHD are at increased
risk of suffering from heart failure that normally happens when the heart does not function
effectively in pumping the blood to the entire body. Coronary heart disease is very common in
the country than any other disease. Nevertheless, it is hugely preventable as numerous of its risk
factors can be modified, entailing high blood cholesterol, tobacco smoking, obesity, poor
nutrition, and physical inactivity.

CORONARY HEART DISEASE 3
In 2014 and 2015, an approximated 645000 (3.7%) Australian adults were diagnosed by a
nurse or doctor with a coronary heart disease of which 280000 had angina, 429000 had a heart
attack while 56000 had other forms of coronary heart disease. Moreover, an approximated
109000 adults were diagnosed to have had heart failure which is normally outcome disease of
coronary heart disease which damages the heart. In the country, the rate of coronary heart disease
is considered to be 1.8 times in men than in women. Coronary heart disease happened more often
in older age groups, that is, it was approximated to be 11 times as high individuals aged 76 and
over as in individuals aged between 45 (17%)-54(1.7%) respectively (Stamp, Granger &
Larbalestier, 2017). Mr./Mrs./Ms. (Insert the name of the minister) An estimated 65400
individuals aged 25 years and above experienced unstable angina or acute heart attack in 2013;
approximately 2oo events of the diseases were recorded daily based on the death and
hospitalization data. The rate of age-standardized in the country Mr./Mrs./Ms. (Minister of
health) Reduced by 30% between 2007-2013, from 535 to 378 events per 100000 people.
Between 2013 and 2014, there were approximated 15000 hospitalization cases in the country in
which coronary heart disease was the key diagnosis (Puhr et al. 2019).
Of these, 37% were due to acute myocardial infection and 33% angina. Mr./Mrs./Ms.
(Minister) I want to bring to your attention that coronary heart disease accounted for about 1.6%
of all the cases of hospitalization in the country. It was also the leading cause of hospitalization
for cardiovascular diseases across all age groups save for those who are aged 85 years and above.
In 2013, CHD was reported as the principal cause of mortality in the country accounting for
approximately 199000 mortality as the principal cause of death. Overall, the mortality rate for
the disease has fallen by 74% over the last thirty years for both females and males, majorly due
to the minimization in vital risk factors such as high cholesterol, smoking, as well as