What would you say, in regards to disease, is the number one killer in your country?

For example, in the USA, heart disease and cancer are the top killers.

If you don't know, you better find out!

In UK Heart Disease is the most common there is a large bit of people who have heart attack. this a Quote from The British Heart Foundation

Quote:Numbers dying

Heart and circulatory disease is the main cause of death in the UK.

In 2009, over 180,000 people died from cardiovascular disease(CVD) in the UK - one in three of all deaths. One in five male deaths and one in eight female deaths were from coronary heart disease (CHD) - a total of around 82,000 deaths. Stroke caused over 49,000 deaths in the UK.

CVD is one of the main causes of death in people under 75 in the UK. 28 per cent of premature deaths in men and almost 20 per cent of premature deaths in women were from CVD in 2009. In 2009 over 45,000 people under 75 died from CVD.

CHD, by itself, is the most common cause of death in the under 75s in the UK. 17 per cent of premature deaths in men and 8 per cent of premature deaths in women were from CHD, which caused over 25,000 premature deaths in the UK in 2009.

In the USA, heart disease was always primarily a man's disease. One would always hear about men having a
heart attack. Today, heart disease is the NUMBER ONE killer in women. WOW! What a big change that is from
past years.

I try to figure out why that is. More stress in the work place since more women work today? Some how, I
don't think that is mostly it. I tend to think it is more on the lines of what we eat today. Years ago, women
mostly stayed at home and cooked home cook meals. Today, since more women do work outside of the home,
many are grabbing fast food for lunch, bringing home fast food for supper. And of course, there is more sugary
and fattening foods today then there was years ago.

UK is probably the same way in regards to fast food and sweets.

valerie wrote: In the USA, heart disease was always primarily a man's disease. One would always hear about men having a
heart attack. Today, heart disease is the NUMBER ONE killer in women. WOW! What a big change that is from
past years.

I try to figure out why that is. More stress in the work place since more women work today? Some how, I
don't think that is mostly it. I tend to think it is more on the lines of what we eat today. Years ago, women
mostly stayed at home and cooked home cook meals. Today, since more women do work outside of the home,
many are grabbing fast food for lunch, bringing home fast food for supper. And of course, there is more sugary
and fattening foods today then there was years ago.

UK is probably the same way in regards to fast food and sweets.

I have seen in websites that mcdonald's burger king's etc etc profit here in the UK has gone up by 80%.Over here you have so many of junk food restaurants, in every single corner there is one. Most people don't prefer Restaurants it takes time to make there food, as a fast food its just 10 seconds that's it.

I Blame the Americans for this (loool joke) but seriously american fast food chains are all over the place here , miss my fish and chips shop

It probably is America's fault. I think way back when McDonalds started, that was pretty much the start of all
these fast food chains. People saw how successful they were and followed suit.

Fast food is usually cheaper than a real restaurant with waiters. Also, you don't generally leave a tip at a fast
food joint. Plus, it is 'fast' food for those people on the run, in a hurry, don't want to get out of their vehicle.
But, I do think the fast food has a lot to do with the obesity problems and the heart disease.