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Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart attack and stroke, remains the nation's No. 1 killer of men and women, causing more than 36% of all deaths.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Every year, about 1.5 million Americans suffer a heart attack.
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American Heart Association. "American Heart Association Home Page". [ Permalink ]

2.6% of all Americans have suffered a heart attack at some point in their lives.
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MEDTAP International, Inc. The Value of Investment in Health Care: Better care, better lives. Bethesda, MD: MEDTAP. 2004. [ Permalink ]

4.5 million Americans are stroke survivors.
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American Stroke Association/American Heart Association. "American Stroke Association Home Page". [ Permalink ]

Incidence of cardiovascular disease by age and sex
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

An estimated 73 million adult Americans have high blood pressure.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

An estimated 16 million American adults have coronary heart disease.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

An estimated 5.3 million American adults have heart failure.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

An estimated 5,600,000 American adults have had a stroke.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Annual rate of first heart attacks by age, sex, and race
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

The lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease after 40 years of age is 49% for men and 32% for women.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

In 1999, 23% of nursing home residents 65 and older had a primary diagnosis of cardiovascular disease at admission.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

In 2005, there were 81,836,000 physician office visits with a primary diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

It is estimated that 600,000 new myocardial infarction attacks and 320,000 recurrent attacks will occur annually.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

The prevalence of silent cerebral infarction in those ages 55-64 is about 11%. Prevalence increases to 22% for those 65-69, 28% for those 70-74, 32% for those 75-79, 40% for those 80-85, and 43% for those above age 85.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

The prevalence of transient ischemic attack (a mini-stroke that lasts less than 24 hours) in men is estimated at 2.4% for those ages 65-69, and 3.6% for those ages 75-79. For women, prevalence is estimated at 1.6% for those ages 65-69, and 4.1% for those ages 75-79.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Heart failure incidence approaches 10 per 1,000 people, after the age of 65.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

The lifetime risk of developing congestive heart failure for men and women at age 40, is 1 in 5.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Prevalence of stroke by age and sex
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

From 2001-2004, 69% of men and 82% of women age 75 and older had hypertension.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2006: With chartbook on trends in the health of Americans. Hyattsville, MD: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2006. [ Permalink ]

In 2003, there were about 70.7 million outpatient physician office visits and 4.5 million emergency department admissions with a primary diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
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Mensah, George A., and David W. Brown. "An Overview Of Cardiovascular Disease Burden In The United States: Data show a growing burden from cardiovascular disease in the U.S. population; now is the time to reverse those trends". Health Affairs. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 38. [ Permalink ]

Total Deaths And Age-Adjusted Death Rates (Per 100,000 Population) For The Fifteen Leading Causes Of Death In The Total U.S. Population, 2003
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Mensah, George A., and David W. Brown. "An Overview Of Cardiovascular Disease Burden In The United States: Data show a growing burden from cardiovascular disease in the U.S. population; now is the time to reverse those trends". Health Affairs. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 38. [ Permalink ]

Close to 50% of Americans 45 or older have high blood pressure.
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Jones, Daniel, and John Hall. "The National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Thirty years and counting". Hypertension. Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 941-42. [ Permalink ]

In 2004, the overall death rate from cardiovascular disease was 288 per 100,000.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Each year, about 780,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke. About 600,000 of these are first attacks,and 180,000 are recurrent attacks.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

On average, every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

Each year, approximately 60,000 more women than men have a stroke.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

In adults >55 years of age, the lifetime risk for stroke is greater than 1 in 6.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

1 in 3 U.S. adults has high blood pressure.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

It is estimated that 37.4% of the US population 20 years of age has prehypertension--including 41.9 million men and 27.8 million women.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]

2006 preliminary data show that cardiovascular disease accounted for 34.2% (1 in 2.9) of all deaths in the U.S. in 2006.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

Close to 2400 Americans die of cardiovascular disease every day--1 death every 37 seconds.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

An estimated 785,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack in 2009.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

About 470,000 Americans will have a recurrent coronary attack in 2009.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

It is estimated that about 195,000 Americans have a silent myocardial infarction (heart attack) each year.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

An American will have a coronary event about every 25 seconds. Every minute, someone will die from one.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

In 2005, coronary heart disease caused about 1 of 5 deaths in the U.S.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

About 795,000 Americans experience a new or recurrent stroke each year--about 610,000 are first attacks and 185,000 are recurrent.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

Preliminary U.S. data show that stroke accounted for 1 of every 18 deaths in 2006.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

On average, one American has a stroke every 40 seconds.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

Close to 80 million Americans have 1 or more types of cardiovascular disease. Of these, about 38 million are estimated to be 60 years of age or older.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

The average annual rates of first cardiovascular events, by age, are as follows: Men: 3 in 1,000 at age 35-44; 74 in 1,000 85-94 Women: comparable rates occur 10 years later in life This gap narrows with advancing age.
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

Adjusted to the U.S. 2000 population, the prevalence of valve disease was 2.5% and the mortality risk ratio associated with the disease was 1.36.
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Nkomo, Vuyisile, Julius Gardin, Thomas Skelton, John Gottdiener, Christopher Scott, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano. "Burden of Valvular Heart Diseases: a population-based study". Lancet. Vol. 368, No. 9540, pp. 1005-11. [ Permalink ]

2005 Stroke Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

2005 Coronary Heart Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

2005 Total Cardiovascular Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State
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Lloyd-Jones, Donald, Robert Adams, Mercedes Carnethon, Giovanni De Simone, T. Bruce Ferguson, Katherine Flegal, Earl Ford, Karen Furie, Alan Go, Kurt Greenlund, Nancy Haase, Susan Hailpern, Michael Ho, Virginia Howard, Brett Kissela, et al. . "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2009 Update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee". Circulation. Vol. 119, pp. e21-181. [ Permalink ]

65% of men and 80% of women age 75 years and over either had high blood pressure or were taking antihypertensive medication in 2003–2006, compared with about 36% of those age 45–54 years.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Health, United States, 2008. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. [ Permalink ]

The prevalence of high blood pressure (hypertension) increases with age. In 2003–2006, 36% of men and women age 45–54 years had hypertension, compared with 65% of men and 80% of women age 75 years and over.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Health, United States, 2008. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. [ Permalink ]

In 2007, poor adults 45-64 years old were 56% more likely than those with family income more than twice the poverty level to have diagnosed hypertension and more than twice as likely to have diagnosed diabetes or diagnosed serious heart conditions.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health, United States, 2009. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009. [ Permalink ]

More than 1 in 3 American adults (81.1 million) have one or more types of cardiovascular disease.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

In 2006, cardiovascular disease was the underlying cause of death for 1 out of every 2.9 deaths in the US.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

In 2005, about 1 in every 6 hospital stays in the US was due to cardiovascular disease.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

Among American adults age 20 and older, the estimated prevalence of stroke in 2006 was 6.4 million.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

On average, every 40 seconds someone in the US has a stroke.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

Stroke accounted for about 1 of every 18 deaths in the US in 2006.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

On average, every 4 minutes someone in the US dies of a stroke.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

The prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed hypertension from 1999 to 2002 was 78% for older women and 64% for older men.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]

The estimated 2006 prevalence of heart failure in adults age 20 and older was 5.8 million.

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American Heart Association. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 Update". Circulation. [ Permalink ]