ITV News | Heart disease revealed as biggest killer of men AND women ahead of dementia ... Mirror.co.uk Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the number one killer of men over 50 (15.4%) while dementia and Alzheimer's disease are increasing and remain the leading cause of death for women (12.2%). Suicide is the leading cause of death of men aged between 20 ... Heart disease and dementia leading causes of death in 2013 |
Day: February 27, 2015
Dementia and Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of death for women over 80 … – Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia and Alzheimer's is the leading cause of death for women over 80 ... Alzheimer's Society The statistics, revealing the top causes of death by age and gender, showed that dementia and Alzheimer's accounted for 17 per cent of deaths in women over 80 and was the second leading cause for men, causing 11 per cent of deaths in this age group. |