Heart
Disease Information
(From the Centers
for Disease Control)
Cardiovascular
disease (CVD), principally heart disease and stroke, is
the nation's leading killer for both men and women and among
all racial and ethnic groups. More than 953,000 Americans
died of CVD in 1997, accounting for about 41% of all deaths.
Risk
factors which put people at increased risk for cardiovascular
diseases include:
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Cholesterol
Tobacco Use
Physical Inactivity
Poor Nutrition
Overweight / obesity
Diabetes
More
than 59 million Americans have some form of CVD, including
high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive
heart failure, and other conditions. More than 2,600 Americans
die each day of CVD. That is an average of 1 death every
33 seconds.
CVD
will cost the nation an estimated $326.6 billion in 2000,
including health expenditures and lost productivity.
Among
women, cardiovascular disease claims more lives than the
next 14 causes of death combined.
Until
fiscal year 1998, no federal funding had been directed to
states to specifically target cardiovascular diseases, the
nations leading cause of death. Most state funds came through
the general preventive health and health services block
grant.
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