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Total mortality

 

Diseases of the heart and circulatory system (cardiovascular disease or CVD) are the main cause of death in the UK and account for almost 198,000 deaths each year.  More than one in three deaths (35%) are from CVD each year.  The main forms of CVD are coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.  About half (48%) of all deaths from CVD are from CHD and more than a quarter (28%) are from stroke.

 

CHD by itself is the most common cause of death in the UK.   Around one in five men and one in seven women die from the disease. CHD causes around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year.

 

Other forms of heart disease cause over 31,000 deaths in the UK each year so in total there were just under 126,000 deaths from heart disease in the UK in 2006.

 

Premature mortality

 

CVD is one of the main causes of premature death in the UK (death before the age of 75).  30% of premature deaths in men and 22% of premature deaths in women were from CVD in 2006. CVD caused just over 53,000 premature deaths in the UK in 2006.

 

CHD, by itself, is the most common cause of premature death in the UK. About one fifth (19%) of premature deaths in men and one in ten (10%) premature deaths in women were from CHD.   CHD caused almost 31,000 premature deaths in the UK in 2006.

 

Other forms of heart disease cause more than 7,500 premature deaths in the UK each year. In total there were over 38,000 premature deaths from heart disease in the UK in 2006 – around one fifth of all premature deaths.
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* Deaths by cause, sex and age, 2006, United Kingdom (Table)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths by cause, sex and age, 2006, United Kingdom (Table)
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* All deaths and deaths under 75 by cause and sex, 2006, England, Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and United Kingdom (Table)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - All deaths and deaths under 75 by cause and sex, 2006, England, Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and United Kingdom (Table)
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* Deaths by cause, men, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths by cause, men, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
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* Deaths by cause, women, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths by cause, women, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
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* Deaths by cause, men under 75, 2006, United (Figure)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths by cause, men under 75, 2006, United (Figure)
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* Deaths by cause, women under 75, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
Sources: Office for National Statistics(2008); General Register Office (2008) Edinburgh, Scotland; General Register Office (2008) Northern Ireland.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths by cause, women under 75, 2006, United Kingdom (Figure)
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