Understanding Health Risks and Life Expectancy

There are five risk factors that account for about 50 per cent of the global burden of cardiovascular disease.

If you've got all five, your risk is between 24 and 38 per cent, but there is hope.

A new study has found quitting smoking, or addressing hypertension in midlife can reap years of benefits.

Guest/s

• Professor Annette Dobson, Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland

References

• Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates - NEJM