Czech Republic
Leading cause: Heart Disease · 29% plant-based · 79.4 yr life expectancy · UHC 83/100
What People Eat
High in smoked meats, pork, and dairy. A shift to plant-based diet could prevent an estimated 70% of CVD deaths.
Disease Burden
Leading cause of death: Heart Disease · 196 / 100k
Bars show each rate against the global range; the tick marks the world median.
Heart disease (196/100k) and cancer (184/100k) lead Czech mortality, fuelled by a diet rich in smoked and cured meats, pork, and dairy with comparatively few vegetables. With solid healthcare coverage, the remaining gap to Western-European life expectancy is largely dietary, analysts estimate a plant-forward shift could prevent a large share of CVD deaths.
Healthcare System
Sources: WHO UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1) & WHO Global Health Expenditure Database. Latest available year.
What Could Improve
- Cut smoked and processed meats and add legumes, vegetables, and whole grains, the highest-impact change available.
- Reduce saturated fat and salt, key drivers of the hypertension behind the heart-disease and stroke load.
- Pair the country's good healthcare access with stronger dietary and smoking prevention.
Explore the evidence: Heart Disease
European Heart Network · 2022 · Diet & CVD Prevention Report
→ 196 CVD deaths per 100k — diet-preventable