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By KentOnline reporter

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Published: 10:21, 16 June 2004

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HEART disease is on the increase in Kent as fewer people check their blood pressure on a regular basis.

The illness is the county's biggest killer with 200 in every 100,000 patients dying each year.

Linda Wood, who manages an NHS practice in East Kent, spoke to KM-fm about the problem...

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