CVDs are the number 1 cause of death globally: more people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause.

An estimated 17.5 million people died from CVDs in 2012, representing 31% of all global deaths.

Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to coronary heart disease and 6.7 million were due to stroke.

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