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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120589| Title: | EAPC country of the month - Malta |
| Authors: | Tilney, Myra Kay Dingli, Philip Calleja, Neville |
| Keywords: | Chronic diseases -- Diagnosis Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors Medical care -- Malta Heart -- Diseases -- Patients -- Rehabilitation |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | European Society of Cardiology |
| Citation: | Tilney, M.K., Dingli, P., & Calleja, N. (2015). EAPC Country of the month – Malta. https://www.escardio.org/Sub-specialty-communities/European-Association-of-Preventive-Cardiology-(EAPC)/Advocacy/Prevention-in-your-country/Country-of-the-month-Malta |
| Abstract: | The Republic of Malta is an archipelago in the centre of the Mediterranean covering 316 square km. With a population of 425,384 and a population density of 1,346 residents per square kilometre, it is the most densely populated country in the European Union. The country has an ageing population with a low total fertility rate of 1.43 in 2012 (EU average 1.56) and a decrease from four working age people per persons over 65 to three in less than a decade. In recent years Malta has faced inward migratory flows from North Africa and EU migrants. This stream of refugees, mainly young males, across the Mediterranean may represent an opportunity in the ageing population. Cardiovascular diseases have consistently shown a downward trend- but there is still some way to go. Cultural attitudes including food choices and sedentary behaviour provide strong obstacles to risk reduction. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120589 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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