It has been estimated that nearly two million people in the UK are suffering from angina – one million men and over 840,000 women. This works out as 5% of men and 3% of women in the population who have or have had angina.
Angina cost the NHS just under £700 million in 2000 (1.3% of total NHS spending), and two-thirds of this was spent on hospital treatment and procedures such as coronary dilatation (PCI) or surgery (coronary artery bypass surgery) .
Since 2000, the UK population as a whole has grown, particularly the elderly population, and survival rates have improved, so the number of angina sufferers has increased.
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