THE ROLE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Abstract

The economic efficiency of the use of preventive measures is also important, since in 2009 in the European Union, the costs associated with cardiovascular diseases amounted to 106 billion euro, that is, about 9% of all health care costs. According to the British National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE), the use of national prevention programs helps to reduce cardiovascular risk by 1%, which leads to a reduction in the number of cases of CVD by 25,000 and saves 40 million euro annually.