Statistics About Heart Diseases

Statistics about Heart Disease







Heart disease is a very widespread disease in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and the European Union and according to statistics it is on the climb. Heart disease involves 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 exhibit an overview of the most up-to-date heart disease statistics.







Some Heart Disease Statistics for the United States





Heart disease is the chief cause of death for both women and men in the United States.

In the year 2005, a total of 652,091 people succumbed to heart disease. Of that amount 50.5% of them were women. This made up 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 major 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 identified as 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 5 major racial or ethnic groups within the United States are: Hispanics, 69.2; Asians and Pacific Islanders, 73; American Indians, 82.5; blacks, 189.8; and whites, 235.5.

Risk factors for heart disease in adult groups based on figures from the year 2003 and 2004.



32.1% for people of age 20 years and older who are hypertensive and/or take antihypertensives.

16.9% for persons aged20 years and older with high cholesterol levels.

10.0% for people who are diagnosed diabetics.

32% for people aged20 years and older who are obese.

18.4% for people of age 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 was he cause of death for more than 7.6 million people in 2005 worldwide.

As of 2009, heart disease is approximated to cost more than $304.6 billion, which includes health care services, medications, and lessened productivity.

Studies that assesed people without heart disease have deduced that decreasing high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure can reduce the risk of being afflicted with heart disease.





Some Heart Disease Statistics for Europe and the United Kingdom







In 2003 and 2004 the rate of coronary heart disease dropped 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 1 killer, responsible for as much as 37% of all deaths. In comparison cancer results in 27% of deaths in England and Wales, followed by respiratory disease, which is accounts 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 at least half of all deaths in Europe (48%) and in the EU (42%).

CVD is the major reason for death and illness in Europe with an estimated 23% and the secondary reason for the disease burden in those EU countries with considerably 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 people 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.