Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Local heart and circulatory disease statistics from the British Heart Foundation Health statistics give our staff, volunteers, supporters and healthcare professionals a sense of the scale of the challenges we face as we fight for every heartbeat. The statistics here are based on official surveys and data sources - please see below for references. This is a presentation of key statistics for this area. You can also make any of them into a jpeg by zooming in and using Snipping Tool or Paint.

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Around Reviewed and updated Jan 2021. Next review due late 2021. 66% of adults 59% 17% of adults smoke Other key statistical publications: in Neath Port Talbot of adults in Neath Port Talbot https://www.bhf.org.uk/statistics have obesity or excess weight in Neath Port Talbot are not physically active How you can help: https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help Contact us for any queries: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/contact-us

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest REFERENCES/SOURCES - FOR ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT US (OHCA) Statistics Prevalence [living with] heart and circulatory diseases - BHF estimates based on latest GP prevalence data; NHS Digital/Public Health Scotland/StatsWales/DH Northern Ireland and latest health surveys with CVD fieldwork; NHS Digital/Scottish Government/Welsh Government Prevalence [diagnosed with] coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke/TIA, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) – BHF analysis of latest GP prevalence data; NHS Digital/Public Health Scotland/StatsWales/DH Northern Ireland

Deaths from heart and circulatory diseases – BHF analysis of latest mortality statistics: Office for National Statistics (ONS)/National Records of Scotland (NRS) /Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)

Inherited heart-related conditions - BHF estimates derived from PHG Foundation, Heart to Heart (2009); updated to reflect revised FH/DCM prevalence estimates; latest (mid-2019) ONS/NRS/ACORN population estimates There are around Babies diagnosed with congenital heart defects - BHF estimates based on Public Health England (2020) NCARDRS congenital anomaly statistics: 2018 data; latest (2019) ONS/NRS/NISRA births data

2,800 Adults overweight/obese [BMI 25+] – Public Health England Fingertips 2018/19 (Active Lives Adult Survey), National Survey for Wales 2019/20, Scottish Health Survey 2015-19, Northern Ireland Health Survey 2019/20 - not available for some small smaller areas out-of-hospital cardiac Adult physical inactivity [not meeting activity recommendations] - Public Health England Fingertips 2018/19 (Active Lives Adult Survey), National Survey for Wales 2019/20, Scottish Health Survey 2015-19, Northern Ireland Health Survey 2016/17 (updates not available) arrests each year Adult smoking [regular cigarette smokers] – Public Health England Fingertips 2019 (APS/GP survey data), National Survey for Wales 2019/20, Scottish Health Survey 2015-19 and Northern Ireland Health Survey 2019/20. ACORN 2020 estimates where official survey results are not available. in Wales Very few people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCAs) - events where resuscitation attempted by ambulance staff - volumes and survival rates are only routinely published for England and Scotland - NHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators, Scottish Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Data Linkage Results, in Wales Welsh Government Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Plan, DHNI Community Resuscitation Strategy Northern Ireland.