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Deaths Related To Heart Failure Are On The Rise

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- New government data shows deaths related to heart failure are on the rise. This news comes after more then a decade of steady decline.

The CDC said the steady upward pattern started as early as 2012.

Heart failure is now a contributing cause to roughly three hundred thousand deaths a year.

Officials say the rate was higher for men than women.

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