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The Central Queensland region is among Queensland’s highest heart attack hotspots, ranking third in the state.
Australian Heart Maps data shows the rate of heart attack hospitalisations in Central Queensland (22.6 out of every 10,000 people) is 30 per cent above the state average.
The Central Queensland region includes Gladstone, Rockhampton, Livingstone, Central Highlands, Banana and Woorabinda.
Not-for-profit organisation The Heart Foundation released the alarming figures as it called on the Queensland Government to put $1.8 million in next month’s state budget towards widening access to the lifesaving service.
The foundation claimed preventing these heart attacks would provide a whopping $230 million in economic and social benefits to the Sunshine State.