Statistics

General Facts 

– In 2010, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were the UK’s biggest killer.

 – In 2010, almost 180,000 people died from CVD around 80,000 of these deaths being from coronary heart disease (CHD) and around 49,000 from strokes.

 – In 2010, CVD caused around 46,000 premature deaths in the UK; 68% of these were men.

 – In recent years CHD death rates have been falling more slowly in younger age groups.

 – In England, death rates from heart attack have halved since 2002.

 – Death rates from CHD are highest in Scotland and lowest in England.

 – Within England, death rates from CHD and heart attacks are highest in the North West and lowest in the South East and South West.

 – Death rates from CHD are highest in areas of greatest deprivation.

 – The incidence of myocardial infarction has decreased in all regions of England; the North West still has the highest incidence rate.

 – There are around 150,000 incidents of stroke every year in the UK.

 – For men the incidence of angina is highest in Wales, for women it is highest in Scotland. It is lowest for both sexes in England.

 – In 2011, around 292 million prescriptions were issued for CVD in England.

– Over 87,000 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are now carried out every year in the UK, more than three times as many as a decade ago.

– In 2010/11, the number of inpatient episodes for CHD was 405,000 in England, 50,200 in Scotland, 24,300 in Wales and 14,600 in Northern Ireland.

-The prevalence of smoking amongst adults is lower in England (20%) than in Northern Ireland (24%), Scotland (25%) and Wales (25%)

. – Less than one-third of both men and women consume the recommended five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

 – Only around one-fifth of boys and girls aged 5 to 15 consume the recommended five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

 – A higher percentage of men meet government recommendations for physical activity than women, although this is still under half of men in the UK.

 – In 2010, more than a third of men (36%) and over a quarter of women (28%) regularly exceeded the Government’s recommended alcohol intake.

 – Around one in three adults in England and Scotland are hypertensive and nearly half of them are not receiving treatment.

 – Around six in ten adults in England have high blood cholesterol levels (5mmol/l or above).

 – More than a quarter of adults in England are obese.

 – Around 30% of boys and girls aged 2-15 years in England and Scotland are overweight or obese.

– The prevalence of diabetes in the UK is around 5% among women and 6% among men. – In 2009, CVD cost the UK health care system £8.7 billion. – In 2009, CVD cost the UK economy £19 billion in total.

– The cost per capita for CVD in the UK is €156, which is lower than average for the European Union.



Physical Statistics 

Although it is evident that the figures of deaths by CVD have rapidly decreased over the last 40 years it is still evident that over 200,000 people still die from the disease each year, and thus it is pertinent that people are aware how to reduce the risk. 

As the above figures show it is evident that CVD is not only the overall killer amongst each age range but it is also the number one medical killer of under 35's, and thus something has to be done in order to reduce this. Key figures such as this may be effective in ensuring that young individuals are visualunt of the signs.