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Covid-19: heart disease most common pre-existing condition in deaths

Chronic ischaemic heart disease was the most common main pre-existing condition found among deaths involving Covid-19.

Chronic ischaemic heart disease was the most common main pre-existing condition found among deaths involving Covid-19, according to new analysis by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Covid-19 was the third most frequent underlying cause of death occurring in March and males had a significantly higher rate of death due to Covid-19 – double that of females. Dementia and Alzheimer disease was the underlying cause of death with the most deaths (6,401 deaths), accounting for 14% of all deaths occurring in March 2020. This was followed by Ischaemic heart diseases with 4,042 deaths (9%) and the coronavirus (Covid-19), with 3,372 deaths (7%).

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