eprintid: 1495 rev_number: 1 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/14/95 datestamp: 2020-04-23 05:28:26 lastmod: 2020-04-23 05:28:26 status_changed: 2020-04-23 05:28:26 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: De Vegt, V.J. title: Factors Effecting Regional Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality, A Study in the North of the Netherlands ispublished: pub full_text_status: public abstract: Cardiovascular disease will be the leading cause of death in the Netherlands in the near future. 90% of CVD mortality can be attributed to nine modifiable risk factors. The mortality caused by CVD varies significantly throughout the North of the Netherlands. In order to reduce the CVD mortality rate in the North of the Netherlands it is important to know what the underlying cause is within the region. This study aims to determine whether or not the variation in CVD mortality can be explained by a selection of the modifiable risk factors. With the aid of linear regression an attempt was to determine if the following factors contributed to the CVD mortality rate; high blood pressure, overweight, diabetes, cholesterol, smoking and physical inactivity. Only blood pressure resulted in a significant outcome, the remaining variables were insignificant. The results do however indicate that there is considerable regional variation in the factors. date: 2017 date_type: published thesis_type: bachelor degree_programme: SGP tutors_name: Couwenberg, O. tutors_name: Imperiale, A. keywords_local: Cardiovascular Disease keywords_local: Drenthe keywords_local: Freisland keywords_local: Groningen keywords_local: Regional keywords_local: Social Determinants language_iso: en titleorder: Factors Effecting Regional Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality, A Study in the North of the Netherlands dbi: 59772899b6d5d imported_item: yes date_of_import: 2020-04-22 imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ba/SGP/2017/vjdevegt/ import_source_file: theses-frw-20200422132455-59772899b6d5d.xml date_issued: 2017-01-01 description_company: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen citation: De Vegt, V.J. (2017) Factors Effecting Regional Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality, A Study in the North of the Netherlands. Bachelor thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1495/1/RegionalVariationCVD_VJ-deVegt.pdf