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Fri 08 Aug 2008Increase in deaths from heart disease signals reversal of 20-year trend
AN INCREASE in deaths from heart disease and stroke last year may be the reversal of a 20-year downward trend, the Irish Heart Foundation has warned.
The caution comes after the latest mortality figures from the Central Statistics Office (CS0) revealed that there was a 2.7 per cent increase in deaths from circulatory diseases (including heart disease and stroke) last year.
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