[Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in Mostar in 2003]

Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), although all the technical medical developments in diagnostics and therapy is one of the biggest health problems in BH and the world. Incidence rates of SCD ranging between 0.36 to 1.28 per 1000 inhabitants in the general population in Western countries and 1/1000/year in the world.

Considering of the incidence SCD in Mostar in 2003 and causes here events.

With the standard methods of statistics and data regarding of Federal statistical office, the hospitals protocols and Emergency medical services of Mostar, and results of studies in the preventive actions SCD in BH of Association of Cardiologist of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Public Health office of BH made correlation and considered that the incidence SCD in Mostar is 0.42% in the general population or 50.8% all the natural death. The biggest is at people aged after 60 in 82.74%, more in men to women (53.36%). In the 30 deaths of the infarct myocardiac in Clinical Hospital of Mostar in 2003, 16 is sudden death, with 53.33%. Hospital sudden death is most in the women 62.5%.

High incidence of sudden death in Mostar in 4.2/1000/year is results the multifactorial risc factors of coronary artery disease and beggest stress in Mostar in the postwar period especially with administrative regulation of the city.