Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016.
This is according to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) published on Monday.
Ischemic or ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive).
The WHO and ILO estimate that 398,000 people died from stroke and 347,000 from heart disease in 2016 due to having worked at least 55 hours a week.
Between 2000 and 2016, the number of deaths from heart…
