GOOD HEARTED GLASGOW

Glasgow has one of the worst records in the world for early deaths from heart disease. Forty five percent of all deaths in this city are caused by heart disease and stroke with many deaths also from cancer and respiratory diseases. Of the five and a quarter thousand people dying of heart disease and stroke each year, over one thousand are under sixty five years of age. Eight percent of the yearly total health care budget has to be spent on acute and long term hospitalisation of those suffering from heart troubles.