Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the rate of age-standardised cardiovascular disease in England.

Public Health England publishes trend data on the under 75 mortality rate from all CVD as part of the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Between 2015 and 2017, 101,317 people under 75 years died from cardiovascular disease in England, an age-standardised rate of 72.5 per 100,000 people. Between 2001-03 to 2015-17 the rate declined every year and overall there was a 47.5% decrease in CVD mortality rate. These data are available to view at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/data#page/4/gid/1000044/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005/iid/40401/age/163/sex/4

The age-standardised mortality rates of heart disease and stroke among people under 75 years have also reduced during 2004-06 to 2015-17, decreasing by 42.7% and 37.6% respectively. These data are available to view at the following links:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/cardiovascular-disease-diabetes-kidney-disease/profile/cardiovascular/data#page/4/gid/1938133108/pat/46/par/E39000018/ati/152/are/E38000171/iid/91059/age/163/sex/4

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/cardiovascular-disease-diabetes-kidney-disease/profile/cardiovascular/data#page/4/gid/1938133110/pat/46/par/E39000018/ati/152/are/E38000171/iid/91061/age/163/sex/4