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Heart Disease Statistics -
Every 34 seconds a person in the United States dies from heart disease.
- More
than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease each day.
- Every
20 seconds, a person in the United States has a heart attack.
- At
least 250,000 people die of heart attacks each year before they reach a hospital.
- Studies
show that under-educated people are more likely to suffer heart attacks.
- The
countries with the highest death rates from heart disease are the Soviet Union,
Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. The countries with the
lowest are Japan, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Canada.
- Almost
6 million hospitalizations each year (in the United States) are due to cardiovascular
disease.
- Since
1900, Cardio Vascular Disease has been the number 1 killer in the United States
for every year but 1918.
- Every
33 seconds, a person dies from Cardio Vascular Disease in the United States.
- Men
suffer heart attacks about 10 years earlier in life than women do.
Heart
Disease and Smoking Research
has proved that smoking cigarettes is a leading
cause and accelerator of heart disease. Smoking causes or accelerates
heart disease by many different mechanisms. Smoking: - speeds
up progression of atherosclerosis
- alters
lipid profile, with more LDL and less HDL
- increases
heart muscle oxygen demand by 10%
- reduces
coronary artery blood flow due to adrenaline release
- diminishes
coronary collateral flow reserve
- lowers
threshold for angina pain
- interferes
with efficacy of medication designed to prevent angina
- raises
blood levels of fibrinogen
- alters
the clotting mechanism with aggregation of blood platelets
- causes
endothelial cell dysfunction, with reduced ability to produce chemicals that dilate
the arteries
Interesting
Facts About Heart Disease - Male
pattern baldness, hair in the ear canals, and creased earlobes are associated
with a higher risk for heart disease in white males.
- Research
indicates that genetics are involved in the development of atherosclerosis.
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Men who were clinically depressed had a greater risk for heart disease and heart
attack than men who were not depressed.
- Abnormally
high blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine are strongly linked to an increased
risk of coronary artery disease and stroke.
- People
who are sedentary are almost twice as likely to suffer heart attacks as are people
who exercise regularly.
- African
American women have the highest risk for death from heart disease.
- People
who eat beans at least four times a week have a lower level of heart disease (19%
lower) than people who eat beans less than once a week.
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