Lyna Mohamad Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Brunei Darussalam remains the second highest cause of death after cancer, contributing to nearly 32 per cent of deaths in 2019. The age-standardised mortality rate for CVD for all ages was approximately 175 per 100,000 population (in 2019) for both genders; higher in men (at 197 per 100,000) than