Don’t Be A Statistic!

An estimated 79,400,000 American adults (one in three) have one or more types of cardiovascular disease (CVD), of whom 37,500,000 are estimated to be age 65 or older. (Total CVD includes diseases in the bullet points below except for congenital CVD.)

• High blood pressure (HBP)—72,000,000. (Defined as systolic pressure of 140 mm Hg or greater and/or diastolic pressure of 90 mm Hg or greater Taking antihypertensive medication or being told at least twice by a physician or other health professional that you have high blood pressure.)

• Coronary heart disease (CHD)—15,800,000.

– Myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack)— 7,900,000.

– Angina pectoris (AP, or chest pain)—8,900,000.

• Heart failure (HF)—5,200,000.

• Stroke—5,600,000.

• Congenital cardiovascular defects—650,000—1,300,000.

• One in three adult men and women has some form of CVD. (NHANES 1999–2004, NCHS and NHLBI)

• This year an estimated 700,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack and about 500,000 will have a recurrent attack. It is estimated that an additional 175,000 silent first heart attacks occur each year. (NHLBI: Based on unpublished data from the ARIC Study, and the CHS)

One in Three!!!!!

And we can’t leave out the link between high blood pressure and stroke!

Strokes accounted for about one of every 16 deaths in the United States in 2004. About 50 percent of stroke deaths in 2003 occurred out of hospital. Stroke mortality for 2004 was 150,147 (58,660 males, 91,487

females). (Vital Statistics of the U.S., Data Warehouse, NCHS.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh.htm.)

When considered separately from other cardiovascular diseases, stroke ranks No. 3 among all causes of death, behind diseases of the heart and cancer. (NCHS mortality data)

• On average, every three to four minutes someone dies of a stroke. (NHLBI.)

• Blood pressure (BP) is a powerful determinant of stroke risk. Subjects with BP less than 120/80 mm Hg have about half the lifetime risk of stroke compared to subjects with hypertension. (Stroke. 2006;37:345-350.)

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Best in Health

Jim