Analysis of Coronary Heart Disease in Waltham Forest Borough, UK

This report provides an overview of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in the Waltham Forest Borough, UK. It highlights CHD as a significant health concern, noting higher early mortality and admission rates compared to the England average. The report identifies the health needs and explores interventions, such as dietary modifications, regular medication, and the importance of physical exercise, to prevent the increasing incidence of CHD. The report also includes data on heart failure admissions and concludes by emphasizing the need for palliative care, referencing relevant literature on health promotion and the impact of lifestyle factors. The report highlights the importance of awareness and preventative measures for heart health.

CORONONARY HEART DISEASES
INTRODUCTION
 Health issue are increasing concern of society because it is a threatening problem.
 The poster will outline common health issue of UK which is heart and circulatory diseases.
 It will in determining significance of choosing specific diseases and UK as prone area to this health
issue.
 Further the report will outline the about Coronary heart diseases specifically in W altham forest
borough, where almost 40% population die within a year of diagnosis. Thus, it will identify health
needs and intervention to prevent increasing CHD.
Area: Waltham forest Borough.
 Early mortality (under 75 years) rates from coronary heart disease are significantly higher than the England rate. The CCG mortality rate has decreased by 41.8%
since 2004-2006.
 In the three year period 2014-2016, the early mortality rate for CHD in NHS Waltham Forest CCG was 49.3 per 100,000 people.
 In 2016/17 the admission rate for CHD in NHS Waltham Forest CCG was 647.6 for every 100,000 people in the population (1,114 admissions). This is
significantly higher than the England rate (516 per 100,000).
 Getting treatment quickly is important for serious heart attack, where the coronary artery is blocked.
Effectiveness of Health promotion
intervention
Health promotion intervention are
effective as it helps in spreading
awareness and reducing causes of health
problems in society. The intervention
will help in motivating people of
Waltham forest Borough to involve in
physical exercising.
Health promotion intervention
Dietary Modification: It is important for the health organisation to promote awareness among people about altering
their diet plans. The cause of increasing coronary heart diseases is damage to heart vessel which can occur due to
increasing cholesterol, hyper tension etc.
Regular medication and diagnosis: It is important for the individual to suffering from CHD, to take proper
medication and if not then also it is necessary for the population to visit for test on regular basis to prevent heart
diseases.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
In 2016/17 the admission rate for
CHD in NHS Waltham Forest CCG
was 647.6 for every 100,000 people
in the population (1,114 admissions).
This is significantly higher than
England in general (515.8 per
100,000).
HEART FAILURE
In 2016/17 the admission rate
for heart failure for all persons
in NHS Waltham Forest CCG
was 171.8 for every 100,000
people in the population (280
admissions).
CONCLUSION
The report summarized about the increasing health concern on
circulatory and heart diseases in UK. It evaluated the significance of
identification from which it has been evaluated that the common cause of
increasing health problem is increasing consumption of unhealthy fired food,
consumption excess oil and trans fats. Further, it outlined that as per National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) there is urgent need of
palliative care in heart failure. It specified the coronary heart diseases concern
of Waltham forest Borough.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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disease: health promotion, its effectiveness and
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499.
Haley, W.E. and et.al., 2010. Caregiving strain and estimated risk for
stroke and coronary heart disease among
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