UK claims successes in meeting cancer and CVD mortality reduction targets
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
England is claiming early successes in meeting its targets for reducing cancer- and cardiovascular disease-related mortality among the under-75s. The annual update announced today by the Department of Health, which includes 2005-07 data, features: an 18.2% fall (since the baseline) in three-year average mortality rates for cancer, which is said to be on course to meet the 20% reduction target by 2009-11; and a 44% cut in three-year average mortality rates for circulatory diseases, thereby meeting ahead of schedule the minimum target of 40% by 2009-11, claims the DH.