Compared to 40 years ago, we've made great strides at preventing cardiovascular disease, or CVD (mostly heart attack and stroke), in the UK. Since 1990, death rates from CVD have dropped by more than half, and there are 60% fewer deaths from heart attack.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/what-to-expect-at-an-nhs-health-check