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Cardiovascular disease death rates

Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 801,000 deaths in the US, or about 1 of every 3 deaths in the US.

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics- 2017 Update. Circ. March 7 2017. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/01/25/CIR.0000000000000485. Accessed February 21, 2017

Reference

Title
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics- 2017 Update
Publication
Circ
Publication Date
March 7 2017
Volume & Issue
Volume 135, Issue 7
URL
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Categories

  • Cost of Disease
  • Prevalence & Incidence
  • Human Value
  • Life Expectancy

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Tobacco smoking as a major risk factor

Worldwide, tobacco smoking (including second-hand smoke) was 1 of the top 3 leading risk factors for disease and contributed to an estimated 6.2 million deaths in 2010.

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Annual strokes: new and recurrent

Each year, about 795,000 people experience a new (~610,000 cases) or recurrent (~185,000 cases) stroke.

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Stroke deaths and disability

Stroke accounts for 1 of every 19 deaths in the US and is a leading cause of serious long-term disability.

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Heart attack annual incidence

The estimated annual incidence of heart attack in the US is 580,000 new attacks and 210,000 recurrent attacks.

 

The average age at the first heart attack is about 65 for males and 71 for females.

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Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease death rates broken down by category

Coronary Heart Disease is the leading cause (45.1%) of deaths attributable to cardiovascular disease in the US, followed by stroke (16.5 percent), Heart Failure (8.5%), High Blood Pressure (9.1%), diseases of the arteries (3.2%), and other cardiovascular diseases

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Number of Americans living with cardiovasuclar disease

About 92.1 million American adults are living with some form of cardiovascular disease or the after-effects of stroke.

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