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Thousands of young lives are cut short each year by heart disease in England

Death rate reached 80 per 100,000 people in 2022, the highest since 2011

22-Jan-2024

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Alarm bells are ringing in England as heart disease death rates among people under 75 climb to their highest level in over a decade.

After years of steady decline, progress stalled after 2012 and took a sharp turn backward in 2020.

This resulted in a tragic milestone: over 39,000 people dying prematurely from heart and circulatory diseases in 2022, averaging a shocking 750 deaths per week.

Experts paint a grim picture, calling it the "worst heart care crisis in living memory."

Every aspect of the system, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and research, seems to be under strain.

This comes at a time when more people than ever need the NHS due to rising risk factors.

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UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

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Thousands of young lives are cut short each year by heart disease in England