I tassi di mortalità più elevati per malattie circolatorie sono stati registrati in Bulgaria (923 decessi ogni 100.000 persone), Romania (787) e Lettonia (726). Al contrario, Francia (163), Spagna (200) e Danimarca (208) hanno registrato i tassi di mortalità più bassi per malattie circolatorie.

In 2023, there were 4.84 million deaths among EU residents, mostly caused by circulatory diseases (1.59 million; 32.8% of all deaths), cancer (1.16 million; 23.9%) and respiratory diseases (0.38 million; 7.8%).

Other leading causes of death included external causes of morbidity and mortality (0.24 million; 5.0%), diseases of the digestive system (0.21 million; 4.4%), mental and behavioural disorders (0.21 million; 4.3%), diseases of the nervous system (0.21 million; 4.3%), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (0.17 million; 3.5%) and COVID-19 (0.10 million; 2.1%).

That is what pasta with flour sauce, minced meat and butter does to MF.

In 80s-90s it was really bad in soviet/post soviet countries. So families had to cook a lot of cheap calories. And heay on cheap oils.

Couple that with very elder unfriendly infrastructure, and you get combo of shit diet + very passive lifestyle.

Elders often get stuck living on 5th floor, without elevator. So they rather avoid going outside, which leads to them being even less able to walk.