65% of men and 80% of women age 75 years and over either had high blood pressure or were taking antihypertensive medication in 2003â€"2006, compared with about 36% of those age 45â€"54 years. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Health, United States, 2008. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:28:38 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1720 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1720 2005 Total Cardiovascular Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State -- 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. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:49:13 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1711 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1711 2005 Coronary Heart Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State -- 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. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:48:19 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1710 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1710 2005 Stroke Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State -- 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. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:47:11 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1709 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1709 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. -- 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. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:38:00 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1708 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1708 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. -- 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. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:59:45 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1681 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1681 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. -- 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. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:56:08 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1680 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1680 On average, one American has a stroke every 40 seconds. -- 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. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:52:30 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1679 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1679 Preliminary U.S. data show that stroke accounted for 1 of every 18 deaths in 2006. -- 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. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:51:43 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1678 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1678