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UK HF incidence drops, but absolute cases rise ~23% due to population growth and aging.
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Declining standardized HF incidence may not ease system burden amid aging; leaves open prevention impact on future trends.
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Conrad et al. (2017) studied this question. Standardized heart failure incidence in the UK decreased by 7% from 2002 to 2014, yet the absolute number of prevalent cases increased by 23% due to population growth and aging.
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