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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8889

16 February 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
Cardiovacular diseases cost European economy EUR 169 billion a year

Brussels, 15/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Cardiovascular diseases have a cost. Above all, they have a Human cost, with 1.9 million deaths a year in the 25 countries of the European Union. They also have an economic cost 169 billion euros per annum - 3724 euros per capita in the EU. This is what the European heart network and British heart foundation pointed out on St. Valentine's day.

The two organisations also underlined the disparities from one country to another in Europe. Therefore, in...

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