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1. 15.4 million people, or almost one in three of the population, in England suffer from a long-term condition

2. Three out of every five people aged over 60 in England suffer from a long-term condition

3. Due to the aging population the number of people in England with a long-term condition is set to rise by 23% over the next 25 years

4. 5% of the patients, the majority of whom have one or more long-term condition account for 49% of all in-patient hospital bed days

5. Patients with long-term conditions are very intensive users of health care services.  Those with Long-term conditions account for 31% of the population, but use 52% of all GP appointments and 65% of all outpatient appointments

6. It is estimated that the treatment and care of those with those with long-term conditions accounts for 69% of the primary and acute care budget in England

7. 6.4 million people have clinically identified hypertension.  It is estimated that the same number again have unidentified hypertension, meaning that an estimated one in five of the population suffers from the condition

8. Common mental health problems affect about one in seven of the adult population with severe mental health problems affecting one in a hundred

9. The UK economy stands to lose £16 billion over the next 10 years through premature deaths due to heart disease, stroke and diabetes

10. It is estimated that 85% of deaths in the UK are from chronic diseases.  Within this, 36% of all deaths will be from cardiovascular disease and 7% from chronic respiratory disease.