Heart Disease Statistics
Heart disease is a very prevalent disease in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and the European Union and according to statistics it is on the rise. Heart disease encompasses a wide range of diseases that may affect the heart and circulatory system. The statistics for the disease are readily available online. This article will present an overview of recent heart disease statistics.
Some Heart Disease Statistics for the United States
- Heart disease is the number one cause of death for both women and men in the United States.
- In the year 2005, a total number of 652,091 people died of heart disease of that amount 50.5% of them were women. This accounted for a total of 27.1% of all deaths in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 222 per 100,000 in a population.
- Heart disease is the primary cause of death for, blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Alaska Natives and whites. The leading cause of death for Asians and Pacific Islanders has been found to be cancer which accounts for 27.5% of all deaths, heart disease accounts for 25% .
- Heart disease death rates per 100,000 in a population for the five major race or ethnic groups within the United States are as follows: Hispanics, 69.2; Asians and Pacific Islanders, 73; American Indians, 82.5; blacks, 189.8; and whites, 235.5.
- Risk factors for heart disease among adults based on figures from the year 2003 and 2004.
- 32.1% for people aged 20 years and older who are hypertensive and/or take antihypertensives.
- 16.9% for persons aged 20 years and older with high cholesterol levels.
- 10.0% for people who are diagnosed diabetics.
- 32% for people who aged 20 years and older who are obese.
- 18.4% fro people who are 18 years and older who smoke (data used 2004-2006)
- 39.5% for people who do not engage in an adequate amount of physical activity.
- Coronary heart disease killed more than 7.6 million people in 2005 worldwide.
- As of 2009, heart disease is estimated to cost more than $304.6 billion, which includes health care services, medications, and loss of productivity.
- Studies that assesed people without heart disease have concluded that lowering high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure can decrease the risk of being afflicted with heart disease.
Heart Disease Statistics for Europe and the United Kingdom
- In 2003 and 2004 the rate of coronary heart disease fell by 8% from 1,204 per million population to 1,104 per million.
- The death rate from strokes also decreased during the 20003-2004 period by 12%
- Circulatory disease remains the number one killer, responsible for as much as 37% of all deaths. In comparison cancer accounts for 27% of deaths in England and Wales, followed by respiratory disease, which is responsible for 14%.
- Each year cardiovascular disease or CVD is responsible for over 4.3 million deaths in Europe and over 2.0 million deaths in the European Union (EU).
- CVD causes nearly half of all deaths in Europe (48%) and in the EU (42%).
- CVD is the primary reason for death and illness in Europe with an estimated 23% and the secondary reason for the disease burden in those EU countries with significantly low child and adult mortality estimated at 17%.
- Smoking kills over 1.2 million people annually in Europe 450,000 because of CVD and about 650,000 people in the EU 185,000 because of CVD. The number of persons dying in Europe from CVD because of smoking increased by 13% between 1990 and 2000.
- CVD costs in the EU may be broken down into, 57% for health care costs, 21% for loss of productivity costs and 22% fro the informal care of people with CVD.