Heart Disease stats...

[Javaman]

http://www.mamashealth.com/Heart_stat.asp


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.

Ask your doctor for a stress test and an echocardiogram. I have. Your family will thank you for it.

[gblady]

1. As someone on that stat list.....

I wholeheartly agree, get checked out.

I had a massive heart attack 3 months ago today...
59 yo....thought I was very healthy...except high cholesterol...

still recovering....long, slow process...

sad, sad news.

[Fleshdancer]

2. Thank you for this thread

The stats are scary

[libnnc]

3. I'm going to dust off the tread mill today.

My dad died at 44.

I don't want that.

[kimmerspixelated]

4. HD is very complicated..

In fact, high cholesterol is not really the culprit unless it is mixed with other variables. Blood viscosity and how flexible your arteries are determine heart health. Imflammation is the biggest culprit of any disease. A diet high in sugar imflames the whole body, especially the heart.(syndrome X) Diet is very important to fight imflammation. Just a few things I've read.

[City Lights]

5. It snatched my mom at 63.

:cry:

Thanks for posting.

[Individualist]

7. My father died at 59,

my brother had 6 bypass grafts at the age of 64, and... I have congestive heart failure.

[City Lights]

9. That's awful.

:-(

My dad has congestive heart failure. Makes me :scared: to think about my future.

[screembloodymurder]

6. I had both tests one day before my heart attack.

They can be an indicator, but they can also be a false indicator.

[Radio_Lady]

8. That happened to my brother-in-law. Luckily, they got him to the hospital in time.

They put in a couple of stents.

He's still alive today.

Obviously, so are you.

Scared to death of HD --

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon