Fatal heart attacks have fallen by 85 percent in Norway – Dagsavisen
The explanation is that most people have given up smoking, healthier lifestyles and better medicines, according to senior physician and professor Kaare Harald Bønaa, who is the professional leader of the Norwegian Heart Infarction Register.
That means a reduction of around 85 per cent in 50 years, figures show The cause of death register.
– What has been a heart attack epidemic that started after the Second World War is now on a strong comeback, the professor adds NRK.
He says the most important factors for heart attacks are high cholesterol, smoking and high blood pressure. The blunting of the smoke in particular has contributed to the fall.
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– In the 70s, 60-70 per cent of middle-aged Norwegian men smoked. Today, less than 10 per cent smoke, he says.
In 2021, around 13,600 people had a heart attack in Norway. This is a drop of 40 per cent in just ten years, figures from FHI show. The vast majority, and more than before, survive heart attacks.
In the 1960s, between 20 and 25 percent of middle-aged men admitted to hospital with heart attacks died. In 2021, this figure was only 2–3 per cent.
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