Irish heart disease deaths highest in EU

HEART disease kills more people in Ireland than any other EU country, a damning analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows.

Irish heart disease deaths highest in EU
Fri, 19 Jul, 2002 - 01:00
Fionnuala Quinlan

Ireland slumps in 36th place in a league of 47 countries examined as part of the wide-ranging study and lags far behind Greece, Mexico, Chile, Slovenia and Cuba.

Of every 100,000 Irish men, 185 die of heart disease, compared to 35.7 in Japan, which topped the league and 83 in Greece, which is in 11th place.

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