Lower Cholesterol means lower death toll
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that last year, the death toll in England and Wales fell by 3.5% to 492,000. The figures show that over the last five years, deaths from heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases had fallen by a third. The “age standardised mortality rates” have not been this low since 1952 say the ONS. And the population was much smaller then and considered generally healthy. Additionally, the infant mortality rate of 2009 was at its lowest point. Experts are suggesting that statins are the main reason for this waning in number.
Statins like Crestor are taken to lower cholesterol levels in order to lower the risk of having heart attack or stroke. An estimated figure of 5,000,000 British people are taking statins and it is stated that they save 7,000 lives per year. It is said that due to the determination of the NHS to become world leaders in heart treatment, we are seeing such results in Britain including a better public understanding of heart disease risk, important government policies aimed at improving lifestyles and more effective treatments.
491,348 people died in England and Wales in 2009 compared to 509,090 the previous year.
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