CAD IN THE UNITED STATES

• An estimated 610,000 people die of heart disease each year in the USA.
• Heart disease causes almost 25% of deaths�almost one in every four�in the United States.
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease are male.
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. More than 370,000 people die from CAD in the USA each year.
• Every year about 785,000 Americans have a first coronary attack. Another 470,000 who have already had one or more coronary attacks have another attack.
• CAD alone is estimated to cost the United States $108.9 billion. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.
• 23% of women and 18% of men will die within one year of a first recognized heart attack; 22-32% of women and 15-27% of men heart attack survivors will die within five years.
• 12-25% of female and 7-22% of male heart attack survivors will be diagnosed with heart failure within five years.
  
  WOMEN AND CAD
• More than 42 million women are currently living with some form of cardiovascular disease.
• More than 8 million women have a history of heart attack.
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death of American women, killing more than a third of them.
• 35.3% of deaths in American women over the age of 20, or more than 432,000, are caused by cardiovascular disease each year.
• More than 200,000 women die each year from heart attacks- 5 times as many women as breast cancer.
• More than 159,000 women die each year of congestive heart failure, accounting for 56.3% of all heart failure deaths.
• 48% of adult women have a total cholesterol of at least 200mg/dL.
• 50% of Caucasian women, 64% of African-American women, 60% of Hispanic women, and 53% of Asian/Pacific Islander women are sedentary and get no leisure time physical activity.
• 58% of Caucasian women, 80% of African-American women, and 74% Hispanic-American women are overweight or obese.
• Women with diabetes are 2.5 times more likely to have heart attacks.
• More women than men die of heart disease each year.
• Women are less likely than men to receive appropriate treatment after a heart attack.
• Women comprise only 27% of participants in all heart-related research studies.
• Percent of women 18 years and over who met the 2008 federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity through leisure-time aerobic activity: 44.6%
• Percent of women 18 years and over who currently smoke: 16.5%
• Percent of women 18 years and over who had 5 or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the past year: 13.6%
• Percent of women 20 years and over who are obese: 35.9%
• Percent of women 20 years and over with hypertension: 32.8%
  
  OBESITY IN THE UNITED STATES
• Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 35.9%
• Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are overweight (and not obese): 33.3%
• Percent of adolescents age 12-19 years who are obese: 18.4%
• Percent of children age 6-11 years who are obese: 18.0%
• Percent of children age 2-5 years who are obese: 12.1%
• Yearly medical costs associated with obesity is estimated at $147 billion.
  
  SMOKING AS THE TOP NON-GENETIC RISK FACTOR FOR CAD
• Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, and lung diseases (including emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction).
• For every person who dies from a smoking-related disease, 20 more people suffer with at least one serious illness from smoking.
• Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030.
• In the United States, tobacco use is responsible for about one in five deaths annually (i.e., about 443,000 deaths per year, and an estimated 49,000 of these smoking-related deaths are the result of secondhand smoke exposure).
• On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.
• Percentage of U.S. adults who were current smokers in 2010:9
  19.3% of all adults (45.3 million people)
  31.4% non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native
  25.9% non-Hispanic multiple race
  21.0% non-Hispanic white
  20.6% non-Hispanic black
  12.5% Hispanic
  9.2% non-Hispanic Asian
  
• Thousands of young people begin smoking every day.
• Each day, more than 3,800 persons younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette.
• Each day, about 1,000 persons younger than 18 years of age begin smoking on a daily basis.
• Many adult smokers want to quit smoking.
• Approximately 69% of smokers want to quit completely.
• Approximately 52% of smokers attempted to quit in 2010.
  
  Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov