🏨 In 2019/20: 1 million hospital admissions for CVD in England,
🛌🏻 Leading to 5.5 million bed days.
⚖️ CVD is among the largest contributors to health inequalities, accounting for one-fifth of the life expectancy gap between most and least deprived communities
🙎🏾♂️People from South Asian and Black groups have the highest risk of CVD.
🚫 Modifiable risk factors explain 90% of CVD incidence
🪦 Up to 80% of premature deaths from CVD are preventable.
❤🩹 🧠🦵🏽CVD costs NHS ~ £7.4 billion & UK economy ~£15.8 billion a year
1️⃣ in 6️⃣people will have a stroke
& 👥 Social care costs to the UK economy for stroke survivors are ~ £5.2 billion a year
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