Dementia overtakes heart disease as leading cause of death in UK

Office of National Statistic (ONS) figures show that Dementia and Alzheimer disease now account for 11.6% of all deaths registered in 2015. Ischaemic heart disease (or coronary artery disease) was the second leading cause of death in England and Wales, with 11.5% of all deaths registered in 2015. For males, ischaemic heart diseases was the leading cause of death accounting for 14.3% of all male deaths in 2015, compared with 14.8% in 2014, the ONS found. For females, the leading cause of death was dementia and Alzheimer disease accounting for 15.2% of all female deaths, up from 13.4...