You are more likely to die prematurely of a heart attack or stroke in Manchester than anywhere else in the country.
Recent NHS data shows that 372 people in the city aged under 75 died of cardiovascular disease - an umbrella term for all diseases of the heart and circulation - in 2014.
The figures, the latest available, show Manchester had 142.6 people per 100,000 in Manchester die prematurely of conditions including, coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure.
This is nearly twice the national average number of deaths - 73.8 per 100,000 - from heart conditions.
Manchester city council, who are in charge of the city’s public health, say they are trying to address the problem via ‘joined up health services’
Coun Paul Andrews said: “Manchester has areas of high deprivation and poor life expectancy in comparison to other parts of the country and our work to provide joined up integrated services is one of the ways in which we are trying to tackle this.”
He added: “We are also supporting people who we know to be of risk of cardiovascular disease through our NHS health checks programme and our new citywide Wellbeing Service which supports residents with lifestyle advice.”
The rate of premature death from cardiovascular disease in Manchester is actually rising - up from 133.6 per 100,000 in 2013.
Deaths per 100,000 people from cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases currently cause more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK, or around 150,000 each year. Of those, in 2014, some 32,895 were aged under 75 at the time.
That figure is down very slightly on the 33,408 that died in 2013.
Some 1,095 women and 2,456 of the men who died of cardiovascular disease in 2014 were aged under 50.
Almost all of the areas of Greater Manchester had higher-than-average rates of premature death from cardiovascular disease.
In Oldham it was 110.8 per 100,000, in Tameside 106.5 per 100,000, in Salford 105.6 per 100,000, in Wigan 97.7 per 100,000, in Rochdale 96.4 per 100,000, in Bolton 85.9 per 100,000,in Bury 83.9 per 100,000, in Stockport 64.2 per 100,000, and in Trafford 64.1 per 100,000.
Middlesbrough had the second highest death rate, at 121.2 per 100,000, followed by Hull with 120 and Blackpool with 119.6.
Blackburn, Corby, Oldham, Leicester, Barrow and Hyndburn also featured in the top 10.
