Working Together to Fight Heart Disease

Heart disease in the US¹

• #1 cause of death, 635,260 deaths annually
• Cardiovascular disease kills more adults in the US than breast cancer, colon cancer & prostate cancer COMBINED!

Cardiac arrest vs heart attack²

Cardiac arrest:

• 37 deaths every hour
• Males age 35-45 primary demographic
• 5-10% change of survival

Heart attack

• 90 deaths every hour
• males age 65+ primary demographic
• 90% chance of survival

Cost of heart disease in the US³

• 200 billion annually

Positive trend in lives saved ⁴

• 50% decline in #of deaths
• Over the last several decades, there has been a 50% decline in the number of deaths caused by heart disease
• Our work is far from over, but together we can help impact outcomes for heart disease using the many new tools available today
• 23% of deaths are heart disease

References:

1. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm 
2. https://healthmetrics.heart.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Heart-Disease-and-Stroke-Statistics-2017-ucm_491265.pdf 
3. https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_heart_disease.htm 
4. Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute