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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.