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Conquering the Number One Killer

Conquering the

Number One Killer(Heart Disease)

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Do you know what the number 1 killer is, in developed countries

throughout the world?Its Heart Disease

(Note to presenter: Choose the country and percentage that is relevantto your audience)

In !!!!!!!!!!!! (name of the country)heart disease accounts "or____

percent o" all deaths

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5hese deaths a""ect not only the individuals, but prematurely rob "amilies

o" those they love

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ontrary to popular misconception, heart disease is not 6ust a disease o"men

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It is a leading cause o" death in both men and women alike

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#nd it is no longer 6ust a disease o" older people

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# "ull 45%o" heart attacks occur in people under the age o" 4*

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#nd 5%strike young people under the age o" +$

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hen an airline 6et crashes, and &$$%$$ people perish, it makes worldheadlines

7ut in the .uropean 3nion alone,

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an e8uivalent to more than 1* 6umbo 6ets o" people die eachday "romheart disease9

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hy is it that we hear so little about the millionsdying o" heart disease?

adly, its because most people have come to accept heart attacks as a

:normal; part o" li"epectedly and

suddenly as in an airplane crash

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5he orld Health rgani@ation has stated that worldwideA

:#bout twelve millionpeople die every year o" heart problems, but up to

halfo" them could be saved i" better prevention programs were in

e""ect;

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hile betterprevention programs could cut "atal heart disease by

about *$ percent, some research suggests that with the bestprevention

we could reduce heart disease deaths by as much as /$ percent

imply put, nine out of ten heart attacks may be preventable


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