Heart attack deaths down by 50% in last ten years

The rate of deaths as a result of heart attacks has fallen by almost 50% in Ireland in the last 10 years.

This is according to the National Office of Clinical Audit’s (NOCA) first ever report from the National Audit of Hospital Mortality (NAHM), which was published yesterday.

One of the main findings from the national audit was that in acute myocardial infarction, or heart attacks, there was a significant reduction in deaths per 100 admissions from 11.1 deaths in 2005 to 5.9 in 2015.