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Heart Attack
- A staggering 2.7m people are estimated to be living with coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK – a number that is rising year on year
- Almost 1 in 8 people - or 12% - have been diagnosed with a disease of the heart of circulatory system. In 1989 this was just 7%. And this figure does not include the millions who live with blocked arteries without even knowing it
- More than 1 in 3 people (39%) in the UK die from disease of the heart and circulatory system
- More than 1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women die from CHD in the UK
- Despite 30 years in decline, the UK death rate from CHD is still one of the highest in Western Europe. That means a working age man is more than twice as likely to die from CHD in the UK than in Italy
- Between 1991 and 2001, there was a 40% fall in the death rate for men aged 35-44 and a 47% fall for men aged 55-64. For women, there was a 33% fall in the 35-44 age group, compared to a 53% fall in the 55-64 age group
- 1 person every two minutes suffers a heart attack in the UK that adds up to 270,000 heart attacks every year.
Source: British Heart Foundation
