100,000 beats a day - your heart's vital statistics
- The average adult human heart beats 72 times per minute, that’s 100,000 beats every day
- Coronary Heart Disease is the UK’s single biggest killer
- 15% of all deaths in women and 20% of all deaths in men are from Coronary Heart Disease
- Every two minutes someone has a heart attack in Britain
- Over 50% of people in Britain that suffer from a heart attack will survive
Reduce your risk from Coronary Heart Disease by doing some of the following:
- If you smoke - Stop
- Eat a healthy and balanced diet
- Exercise
- Lose weight
- Get your blood pressure checked
Heart attack - knowing the symptoms could save your life
