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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9237
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health

Cardiovascular diseases and cancer remain main cause of death in EU

Brussels, 20/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - The most recent statistics on public health published by the Eurostat Community office confirm that Heart attacks, strokes and other diseases of the circulatory system are the most common cause of death in the EU25, accounting for 41% of all deaths, and 52% of deaths among the over 85s. Cancer is responsible for a quarter of all deaths and is the largest single cause of death among the middle-aged (41% of deaths amongst those aged 45-64), while external...

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