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The majority of CHD is potentially preventable. Although treatments for heart disease continue to be developed and improved, the proportion of people dying from the most acute form of the disease (myocardial infarction, or heart attack) remains high.  Preventing heart disease must, therefore, remain our priority.

There are a wide range of risk factors associated with heart disease. Here we present statistics on the burden of these risk factors and on progress towards UK national public health targets aimed at reducing the prevalence of these risk factors in the population.
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* Regional and social differences in the main risk factors for CHD
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* Blood pressure
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* Blood cholesterol
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