Russia
Leading cause: Heart Disease · 21% plant-based · 72.6 yr life expectancy · UHC 81/100
What People Eat
Highest cardiovascular mortality in the developed world. Heavy animal fat, processed meat, and minimal vegetable intake.
Disease Burden
Leading cause of death: Heart Disease · 305 / 100k
Bars show each rate against the global range; the tick marks the world median.
Russia carries the highest cardiovascular burden in the developed world, heart disease (305/100k) and stroke (226/100k) are catastrophic and largely preventable. Heavy animal fat, processed meat, low vegetable intake, and very high alcohol consumption combine with comparatively low health spending to produce a life expectancy years below its wealth would predict.
Healthcare System
Sources: WHO UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1) & WHO Global Health Expenditure Database. Latest available year.
What Could Improve
- Reduce processed meat and animal fat and raise vegetable, legume, and whole-grain intake, the single biggest lever on the stroke and heart-disease toll.
- Address alcohol, a major independent driver of the cardiovascular and premature-death burden.
- Strengthen primary-care detection of hypertension, the mechanism behind the world-leading stroke rate.
Explore the evidence: Heart Disease
WHO Global Burden of Disease · 2022
→ Highest CVD mortality in Europe