Show Heart Disease Biggest Killer COALVILLE COALVILLE- The heart and blood vessel diseases die dis eases caused more deaths in Utah during the past year yea than nearly neatly I I ell all other causes of death combined com corn it was reported today by bT Dr O O. Marvin Lewis president of the Utah Heart Association I Cardiovascular diseases fj as e s ac an- I f I I counted for tor 2916 deaths among I residents of ot all aU ages in the tho state during the month 12 period end ending ng Dec I 31 1961 This is b per percent percent I cent of a total of ot deaths In Utah Utah for the 1 period he announced The new figures were assembled by the Heart Meant Association from fromI I the official records of the Utah State Department of Health's Bureau Bureau Bu Bu- Bu I reau of ot Vital Statistics Statistic I The next nut tl three ree leading causes lof ot of death in th the state according Ito to the official statistics were cancer cancer accidents 03 and pneumonia influenza 79 The rile local figures closely re to resemble the latest gathered for tor the entire country by the National Office of Vital Statistics Dr Lew Low i is lit said old In that summary the tho heart and bl blood bleed vessel essel diseases were responsible for tor more snore than 54 U per cent of ot all aU deaths in 1961 In n Morgan Summit and Wa Was atch Counties diseases disease of the heart and blood vessels accounted account account- ed for tor deaths similar to the statewide state state- statewide wide statistics Morgan County figures show that 60 per cent of all aU deaths were caused by heart and blood vessel diseases In Summit County 40 0 per cent of all deaths were attributed to the cardiovascular diseases was WM- wasatch atch County figures show cardl- cardl deaths a amounted ted to 60 per cent of all iii deaths death a |