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The purpose of this paper is to determine the causes of deaths of men and women in the Opole region caused by cardiovascular diseases most frequently affecting the internal structure of the Opole region population as well as the evaluation of this structure compared to the national Polish population.An attempt was made to analyze the correlation between deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases and sex and age, marital status and location of residence. The epidemiological situation related to the said diseases in the decade 1988 -1998 was also compared for the Opole region and Poland.