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. 2012 Jun 15;13(7):596–603. doi: 10.1038/embor.2012.87

Figure 3. Percentage breakdown of cardiovascular causes of deaths for men and women in Germany.

Figure 3

Chronic ischaemic heart diseases are the main cause of death for women. In absolute numbers more men than women die of acute myocardial infarction. Statistics taken from Statistisches Bundesamt Robert Koch Institut Berlin, 2007.