Last week the Scottish Government released statistics on premature death, these focused on coronary heart disease (which includes heart attacks), stroke and cancer. The population of Scotland is about 5 million,the estimated population for 2008 is 5, 168, 500.
In Scotland, 2008 there were:
8,841 deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD).
5,367 deaths from stroke.
14,208 deaths from stroke and CHD combined.
15,269 deaths from cancer
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The good news is that in the under 75′s the death rate from cancer decreased 2.1% compared to 2007, overall, since 1995 the cancer death rate in Scotland has fallen by 20%, this means a lot more people are surviving the disease than ever before. You can find out more on the Scottish Government website.
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