Aims and objectives
Our mission is to play a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation, so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.</SPAN>
In our strategy report,
Beating heart disease together (published in 2007), we stated that:</SPAN>
Within a generation, we aim to:</SPAN>
- reduce cardiovascular disease in the UK to one of the lowest levels in Europe.
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Within a decade, we aim to:</SPAN>
- halve the number of people under 75 who die from cardiovascular disease</SPAN>
- make sure at least two thirds of people under 75 survive a heart attack</SPAN>
- reduce heart-related deaths in all UK local authority areas to the current level in South East England or below</SPAN>
- reverse the increase in childhood obesity.
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