5 Countries with the Highest Heart Disease Deaths Per Capita

2. Azerbaijan 

Death Rate per Capita: 0.0038 

Azerbaijan stands among the top countries with the highest heart disease deaths, evident from its high mortality and incidence rates in 2019. With 42,138 deaths recorded due to CVD, the country faced an age-standardized mortality rate of 688 per 100,000 and an incidence rate of 1,224 per 100,000 population. Notably, raised blood pressure affected 25.8% of men and 23.0% of women. Men showed slightly higher prevalence rates of raised blood pressure and tobacco smoking compared to women. Despite this burden, the probability of premature mortality from CVD between ages 30 and 70 remained relatively low at 0.7%. Additionally, there are approximately 10.2 cardiologists per 100,000 inhabitants in Azerbaijan.