Analysis by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has found that 80 people in every 100,000 in England died from heart and circulatory diseases before the age of 75 in 2022.
Early deaths from heart disease have hit their highest level in more than a decade, figures reveal. Obesity, diabetes and undiagnosed high blood pressure are reversing six decades of progress.
As experts warn that UK progress on heart health is being eroded by the rise of obesity, the knock-on effects of Covid and striking medics, we show the areas hit hardest by premature heart deaths.