Cancer and heart attacks remain the most frequent reasons
for claims.
More than twice as many people die from cancer than of
heart attacks.
Multiple Sclerosis claims are increasing, probably due
to it becoming a fairly standard illness covered by critical
illness policies. Source: GE Frankona 2001
One in three people in Britain will be diagnosed with
cancer at some point in their lives.
You are two and a half times more likely to suffer a
critical illness before age 60 than you are to die.
Statistics show that 49% of female and 38% of male claimants
are younger than age 40.
Today although 800 people will suffer a heart attack,
400 people will survive. Source: Imperial cancer research fund - Andy Couchman.
GE Frankona. British Heart Foundation
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