July 2015

Did you know that the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among people aged 50 years or over in Northern Ireland is 12.4%? This is higher than in the Republic of Ireland, where it is 8.6%.

For more information, see the report Understanding disability in older heart disease patients in Ireland and Research Brief Disability in older heart disease patients on the website of the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI).