12 Things You Should Know About Heart Disease
- What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. for both men and women. - How many deaths in the U.S. are caused by coronary heart disease?
Coronary heart disease accounts for 25 percent of all deaths in the U.S. - How many heart attacks happen in the U.S. every year?
Heart disease can lead to heart attacks. Every year 715,000 Americans suffer heart attacks. - What’s the average age when someone has a heart attack?
On average, women have their first heart attack at age 70; men have their first heart attack at age 66.6. - Does diabetes affect heart disease risk?
People with diabetes are at an increased risk of heart disease. - What is the economic impact in the U.S. of heart disease?
According to the American Heart Association, in 2010 all cardiovascular diseases together were projected to cost $108.9 billion, including healthcare services, medications, and lost productivity. - How does heart disease risk change with age?
Your risk of heart disease increases three times with each decade you age. - Does heart disease tend to affect men and women at the same ages?
On average, men who develop heart disease do so about 10 to 15 years earlier than women. - How many Americans are at risk for heart disease?
Forty-nine percent of all Americans have either high blood pressure or high LDL cholesterol, smoke, or have some combination of these three key risk factors for heart disease. - Does heart disease risk vary by race?
Whites have one of the highest rates of heart disease deaths, at 25.1 percent. African-Americans have the second-highest death rate from the disease, at 24.5 percent. Asians and Pacific Islanders have a 23.2 percent rate of heart disease deaths. - How many older people with Medicaid have cardiovascular illness?
Of all individuals over the age of 65 with Medicaid coverage, 91 percent have a history of some type of cardiovascular illness. This number drops down to 53 percent of Medicaid recipients when all ages are taken into account. - How old are people who get heart transplants?
Fifty-eight percent of heart-transplant recipients are age 50 or older.
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