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Factors leading to Coronary Heart disease Coronary heart disease is the leading single cause of death. It took the lives of over 135,000 people in the UK, in 1998. One in four men and one in five women die from the disease. Coronary heart disease by itself is the most common cause of death in Europe: accounting for nearly two million deaths in Europe each year. Over one in five women (22%) and men (21%) die from the disease. In the European Union, coronary heart disease is also the most common single cause of death, with over 600,000 deaths every year. The narrowing of the coronary arteries (in the heart) that feed the heart causes coronary Heart disease. Like any muscle, the heart needs a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients, which are carried to it by the blood in the coronary arteries. When the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged by...

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