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Home > Cost of Chronic Disease > Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Disease & Stroke > The Human Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
Coronary heart disease caused 1 of every 5 deaths in the United States in 2004. Coronary heart disease mortality was 451,326.
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American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2008 Update. December 2007. [ Permalink ]