The number one killer of Americans, heart disease will be in the public spotlight this February, which is American Heart Month.
Early action in the case of a heart attack or stroke is critical for survival. People should learn the symptoms of both in order to seek treatment quickly. Prevention is even more valuable than treatment. Maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and controlling high blood pressure and cholesterol can reduce deaths from heart disease, according to the CDC. People who do not have heart disease lessen their risks of developing it by remaining active and staying within a healthy weight range.
Observe American Heart Month and get educated about heart disease with these facts from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association:
- More than 600,000 Americans die of heart disease every year, making it the number one cause of death for both men and women in the US.
- Heart disease causes about 1 in every 4 deaths in the US.
- About 82 million Americans—or one in every three—has some form of heart or cardiovascular disease.
- 2,200 people in the US die of heart disease in the US every day, or about two every minute.
- Heart disease kills more women than all types of cancer combined.
- Half of all American women who die every year had heart or cardiovascular disease.
- Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the US have heart attacks.
- The leading risk factors of Americans are: physical inactivity, obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, which all contribute to heart disease.
- The state with the highest heart disease rates is Mississippi; the state with the lowest is Minnesota.
- Last year, heart disease cost the US economy more than $300 billion dollars in lost productivity and health care costs.
Sources: American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Early action in the case of a heart attack or stroke is critical for survival. People should learn the symptoms of both in order to seek treatment quickly. Prevention is even more valuable than treatment. Maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and controlling high blood pressure and cholesterol can reduce deaths from heart disease, according to the CDC. People who do not have heart disease lessen their risks of developing it by remaining active and staying within a healthy weight range.
Observe American Heart Month and get educated about heart disease with these facts from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association:
- More than 600,000 Americans die of heart disease every year, making it the number one cause of death for both men and women in the US.
- Heart disease causes about 1 in every 4 deaths in the US.
- About 82 million Americans—or one in every three—has some form of heart or cardiovascular disease.
- 2,200 people in the US die of heart disease in the US every day, or about two every minute.
- Heart disease kills more women than all types of cancer combined.
- Half of all American women who die every year had heart or cardiovascular disease.
- Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the US have heart attacks.
- The leading risk factors of Americans are: physical inactivity, obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, which all contribute to heart disease.
- The state with the highest heart disease rates is Mississippi; the state with the lowest is Minnesota.
- Last year, heart disease cost the US economy more than $300 billion dollars in lost productivity and health care costs.
Sources: American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
