Introduction to Sudden Cardiac Death - National Heart Centre ...
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SCD in Singapore<br />
– Over the past 10 years, the incidence of SCD in Singapore has<br />
increased steadily from 26 per 100,000 population in 1998 <strong>to</strong> 34 in<br />
2007.<br />
• Mainly due <strong>to</strong> increasing proportion of elderly.<br />
– Of the 1538 cases of sudden cardiac deaths in 2007, 67% were<br />
above 60 years of age. Less than 3% were below 35.<br />
– Overall, the SCD incidence in Singapore (about 1 in 3000) is low as<br />
compared <strong>to</strong> other developed countries.<br />
• US 1 in 600<br />
• Europe 1 in 1250<br />
– Chances of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is 2-4%<br />
Source: MOH, NHCS/ SGH data
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