Silverbook.org: The Human Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Facts

Heart disease was the leading cause of death for those over 65 in 2006 with 1,297 deaths per 100,000.

-- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being. Washington, DC: US Government Priting Office. 2010. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:02:52 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/2000 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/2000

Between 1981 and 2006, overall death rates among people over 65 dropped 21%, while the rate of deaths du to heart disease decreased by 50%.

-- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being. Washington, DC: US Government Priting Office. 2010. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:01:56 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1999 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1999

Among Americans 45-64 years of age, heart and circulatory conditions were the second-leading cause of activity limitation.

-- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health, United States, 2009. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:42 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1907 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1907

From 1988-1994 to 2003-2006, the use of statin drugs by Americans 45 years of age and older increased almost 10-fold, from 2% to 22%.

-- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health, United States, 2009. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:24:42 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1906 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1906 3.3% of patients admitted to a hospital for cardiovascular disease died in the hospital--significantly higher than the average in-hospital death rate of 2.1%. -- Russo, Allison, Karen Ho, Anne Elixhauser. Hospital Stays for Circulatory Diseases, 2004. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:43:16 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1703 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1703 In 2004, 24.7% of nursing home residents 65 years of age and older had a primary diagnosis of cardiovascular disease when admitted. This was the highest disease category for these residents. -- Jones, Adrienne. "National Nursing Home Survey: 2004 current resident tables". Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:38:37 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1702 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1702 Cardiovascular disease ranked highest among all disease categories in hospital discharges in 2005. -- DeFrances Carol, Christine Lucas, Verita Buie, Aleksandr Golosinskiy. 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:31:59 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1701 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1701 The number of inpatient discharges from short-stay hospitals with cardiovascular disease as the first-listed diagnosis increased from about 6,107,000 to 6,161,000 from 1996 to 2006. -- DeFrances Carol, Christine Lucas, Verita Buie, Aleksandr Golosinskiy. 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:28:49 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1700 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1700 21% of American men and 24% of women age 40 years of age or older died 1 year after their first stroke in 2005. -- 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. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:09:14 -0600 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1698 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1698