Ireland tops study of heart disease death rates

IRELAND has the highest death rate from heart disease in Western Europe, new figures show.

Ireland tops study of heart disease death rates

The league table, compiled by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), puts Finland in second place and Britain in third.

Each year, heart disease claims the lives of more than four million Europeans, accounting for around 40% of all deaths in the under-74s and for nine million hospital admissions.

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