07-09-2009, 09:12 PM
Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term for all diseases of the heart and circulation, including heart disease, stroke, heart failure and congenital heart disease.
Collectively, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than one in three of all deaths in the UK, accounting for around 200,000 deaths each year.
Coronary heart disease
Heart disease, by itself, is the UK’s biggest killer and the most common cause of premature death in the UK (death before the age of 75).
Our current figures show:
one in five men and one in seven women die from heart disease
that’s around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year; over 250 every day
around 2.5 million people are living with heart disease in the UK.
Heart attack
Most deaths from heart disease are caused by a heart attack
Every six minutes someone dies of a heart attack in the UK. One in three people who have a heart attack die before reaching hospital.
Heart failure
Around 700,000 people are living with heart failure in the UK.
Stroke
Stroke causes over 55,000 deaths in the UK each year.
Congenital heart disease
Around 4,600 babies are born with congenital heart disease each year in the UK.
Collectively, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than one in three of all deaths in the UK, accounting for around 200,000 deaths each year.
Coronary heart disease
Heart disease, by itself, is the UK’s biggest killer and the most common cause of premature death in the UK (death before the age of 75).
Our current figures show:
one in five men and one in seven women die from heart disease
that’s around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year; over 250 every day
around 2.5 million people are living with heart disease in the UK.
Heart attack
Most deaths from heart disease are caused by a heart attack
Every six minutes someone dies of a heart attack in the UK. One in three people who have a heart attack die before reaching hospital.
Heart failure
Around 700,000 people are living with heart failure in the UK.
Stroke
Stroke causes over 55,000 deaths in the UK each year.
Congenital heart disease
Around 4,600 babies are born with congenital heart disease each year in the UK.