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Currently there are around 912,000 people in the UK living with heart failure |
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Heart failure is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in late middle-aged and elderly men and women. It is a serious condition with a poor prognosis and one that can markedly reduce quality of life.
We estimate that there are about 376,000 men aged 45 and over living in the UK with definite heart failure, and 301,000 women, giving a total of around 676,500.
If probable cases of heart failure are included, there are an estimated 506,000 men and 406,000 women, a total of 912,000 people aged 45 and over who have heart failure in the UK today. |
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The following downloads are available on this topic |
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Heart failure supplement 2002
This supplement provides statistics on the burden of heart failure in the UK. Published June 2002. |
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Prevalence of heart failure, adults, latest available year, UK studies compared (Table)
Sources: Majeed A et al (2005) Public health; OPCS and DOH (1995), Fourth National Study 1991-1992 (1995); Mair FS et al (1996) British Journal of General Practice; McDonagh TA et al (1997) The Lancet; Davies MK et al (2001) British Journal of General Practice. |
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Prevalence of definite heart failure by sex and age, 1995/99, West Midlands, England (Table)
Source: Davies MK et al (2001) The Lancet. |
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| Page last updated : 4th August 2008 |
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