A new research has it that Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the biggest k!ller of men, But heart disease is still the most common cause of de'ath among women.
The latest research showed that cancer ahead of cardiovascular disease as the primary cause of de'ath for the first time since the mid-20th century
The research have it that proportion of de'aths from cancer was 29 per cent while cardiovascular disease accounted for 28 per cent.
And the dea'ths from cardiovascular disease have now dropped by more than 40 per cent since 1960.
In men, 32 per cent of deaths were due to cancer with 29 per cent down to cardiovascular disease
But for the women, more di!ed from cardiovascular disease – at 28 per cent – while cancer was blamed for 27 per cent.
Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, circulatory system disease and other vascular disease.
This statistics was the report of 2014 used by the latest national data and the Cardiovascular Disease Statistics.
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