Statistics:
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200026 - 35k -
www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm - 47k
www.heartstats.org/ - 30k
www.mamashealth.com/Heart_stat.asp - 19k
For statistic 2006:
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/113/6/e85 -
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.
Hope you will find these links informative.
2007-06-29 04:37:38
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answered by Dr.Qutub 7
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answered by Latasha 3
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For general consumer information try the American Heart Association:
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
For more sophisticated journal information linked to all major scientific journals in the world - very up to date listings:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
So, what's up with the !!! and the capital letters? Spaz much?
2007-06-29 02:14:26
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americanheartassociation.org
2007-07-02 14:35:54
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Click below links:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/heart_attack/article_em.htm
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml;jsessionid=CEW0LVFBEBRSYCQFCUHCCZQ?identifier=3037185
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4591
http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/h/heart_attack/hospital.htm
http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/pls/portal30/site.web_pkg.page?xpageid=heart_attack_women
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/Page.asp?PageID=33&ArticleID=5911&Src=news&From=SubCategory
http://www.readinghospital.org/Health/Content.asp?PageID=P06368
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0906/is_44_52/ai_110727445
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_women/hrtrisk.cfm
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpcd/chp/cvh/documents/2007mnheartdiseasefactsheet.pdf
http://www.virtualbloodcentre.com/diseases.asp?did=817#Statistics_Summary_of
http://www.spectrum-health.org/cs/Satellite?c=eHA_Content_C&cid=1160745075434&pagename=Spectrum_Health_Core%2FeHA_Content_C%2FSpectrum_Generic_Detail_Page_Template
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr.gupta/2007/01/womens-heart-disease-still-poorly.html
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/Page.asp?PageID=33&ArticleID=1069&Src=news&From=SubCategory
http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthcare_services/womens_health/heartattack/
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/115/5/e69
2007-06-29 15:30:07
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answered by Anonymous
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