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Cardiovascular Disease Observatory

British Heart Foundation's free resource for data and insights about cardiovascular disease.

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A comprehensive source of cardiovascular disease insights for the UK

Bringing together statistical resources, insight dashboards, and reports into one integrated platform.

Key insights

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2026 Compendium

Find UK cardiovascular disease datasets and the statistics behind our factsheets, here in detail.

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Bridging Hearts Report

Our 2025 report  considers how deprivation, sex and ethnicity can impact people’s cardiovascular health in the UK.

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Resuscitation

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Attitudes towards CPR and defibrillator use

Analysing the annual 'Attitudes to CPR' survey to understand public opinion on CPR and defibrillator use.

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Defibrillator location data

Find top-line analysis of defibrillators registered with a named Guardian on The Circuit.

Explore the defib data