CDC Fact Sheets Related to Heart Disease

As plaque accumulates in the arteries of cardiac patients, the interior of the arteries begins to narrow and blood flow is reduced or impeded. Plaques can also rupture (and fall apart) and when they occur the thrombus can form on the plaque and block the blood flow.

Learn more about heart disease and its risk factors. Understanding the facts of heart disease is important for everyone [PDF - 243K]

Approximately 610,000 people died of heart disease each year in the United States - a proportion of 1 in 4 deaths

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were men

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease, causing over 370,000 deaths annually.

About 735,000 Americans each year suffer from heart disease. Among them, 525,000 people were the first heart attacks, and 210,000 people suffered a heart attack.

Heart disease is a major cause of death for most people in the United States, including African-Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians. For American Indians or Alaska Native and Asian or Pacific Islanders, heart disease is secondary to cancer. The following is the percentage of all deaths due to race due to 2008 heart disease.

Understand the warning signs and symptoms of heart attacks so that you and the people you know can act immediately when they have a heart attack. When emergency treatment starts soon, the possibility of survival will be high

In the 2005 survey, 92% of the respondents thought that chest pain was a symptom of a heart attack. Only 27% knows all the main symptoms and knows to dial 9-1-1 when someone has a heart attack

Approximately 47% of sudden cardiac deaths occur outside the hospital. This indicates that many people suffering from heart disease do not act on warning signs.

Hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking are the major risk factors for heart disease. About half of Americans (47%) have at least one of these three risk factors

The risk of heart disease may increase even by selecting other disease states and lifestyle.

CDC, NCHS. The cause of death in 1999 - 2013 on the CDC WONDER online database was released in 2015. Data from multiple deaths from 1999 to 2013 based on data from 57 major statistical jurisdictions provided through RAP. I visited on February 3, 2015

Heidenreich PA, Trogdon JG, Khavjou OA, others. Future prediction of cardiovascular disease in the United States Policy statement from the American Heart Association Loop 2011; 123: 933-44. Epub January 24, 2011

CDC Number of deaths due to race and sex over 10 years, total deaths, and deaths due to 15 major causes of death: United States of America, 2013

CDC adult warning signs and differences in symptoms of heart attack - 14 countries, 2005. MMWR. 2008; 57 (7): 175-179

Country-specific mortality due to CDC sudden heart disease death: USA, 1999. MMWR. 2002; 51 (6): 123-126

Fryar CD, Chen T, LiX. Prevalence of uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors: USA, 1999 - 2010 [PDF-323K]. NCHS Data Brief, No. 103. Hyattsville, MD: National Health Statistics Center. year 2012

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