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Coronary Heart Disease Prevention
Coronary Heart Disease
Do you know that:
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Coronary heart disease
(CHD) is the most common cause of death in the UK and
currently kills 124,000 people a year. |
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Death rates from CHD
in the UK are among the highest in the world. |
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In the UK it is estimated
that about 1.4 million of you have had a heart attack,
330,000 each year. |
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Within Sefton CHD
accounts for 21.2% of deaths BEFORE the age of 75 (1999). |
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CHD costs the UK economy
about £10,000 million per year. |
To a large extent, CHD is a 'lifestyle'
disease because it results from aspects of our culture and
lifetstyle that have come to be accepted as normal. The main
contributors to heart disease are:
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Physical Inactivity |
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Smoking |
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Diet |
The Healthy Lifestyle Programme along
with many local partners are aiming to reduce CHD levels across
Sefton through increasing awareness of and access to lifestyle
interventions.
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