Heart disease arteriosclerosis

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Heart disease

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Some facts:

Heart and circulatory disease is the UK's biggest killer. In 2001, cardiovascular disease caused 40% of deaths in the UK, and killed over 245,000 people.

Death rates for heart disease have been falling rapidly in the UK since the late 1970s. Despite this, death rates from CHD in the UK are still amongst the highest in the world.

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Office of National Statistics (2002)

General Register Office (2002)

www.heartstats.org

Deaths by cause, men under 75, 2001, United Kingdom

Other cancer

20%

Colo-rectal cancer

4%

Respiratory disease

8%

Injuries and poisoning

8%

All other causes

16%

Coronary heart disease

22%

Stroke

6%

Other CVD

7%

Lung cancer

9%

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Office of National Statistics (2002)

General Register Office (2002)

www.heartstats.org

Deaths by cause, women under 75, 2001, United Kingdom

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Office of National Statistics (2002)

www.heartstats.org

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Coronary Heart Disease Statistics (2003)

www.heartstats.org

Age-standardised death rates per 100,000 population from CHD

for men under 65, by local authority, 1998/2000, United Kingdom

Age-standardised

death rates per

100,000 by quintile

20.6 – 41.1

41.2 – 50.7

50.8 – 57.7

57.8 – 68.9

69.0 – 136.7

Shetland Islands

London boroughs

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Non-manual women

Office of National Statistics (1997)

www.heartstats.org

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Wild S, McKeigue P (1997)

www.heartstats.org

SMR

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Cost of CHD to the National Health Service

and social care system, 1999, UK

Liu JLY et al (2002) Heart 88: 597-603

www.heartstats.org

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What is coronary heart disease? The process of coronary heart disease begins when the coronary arteries become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. This condition is called atherosclerosis and the fatty material is called atheroma. In time the artery may become so narrow that it cannot deliver enough oxygen-containing blood to the heart muscle when it needs it, such as when you are doing exercise. This is angina. The pain of angina is due to the heart muscle becoming short of oxygen.