Every 39 seconds, an adult dies from a cardiovascular disease such as a heart attack or stroke. Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of more than 800,000 adults each year, 150,000 of whom are under the age of 65. Learn what you can do to reduce your risk.
Every 39 seconds, an adult dies from a cardiovascular disease such as a heart attack or stroke. Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of more than 800,000 adults each year, 150,000 of whom are under the age of 65. Learn about two of the biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and high LDL-C cholesterol, and what you can do to reduce your risk.
For American Heart Month, the February edition of CDC Vital Signs focuses on cardiovascular disease and what we can do to increase control of high blood pressure and cholesterol -- reducing the number of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases in the United States.
Highlights from the report
•Cardiovascular diseases kill more than 800,000 adults in the US each year. Of these, 150,000 are younger than age 65.
•68 million US adults have high blood pressure.
•71 million US adults have high LDL cholesterol.
•Nearly 2 out of 3 adults with high LDL cholesterol and about half of adults with high blood pressure don't have their condition under control.
•Having health insurance is not sufficient to achieve the control
•Improvements in the way health care is delivered in the US are needed.
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CDC Features - High Blood Pressure & Cholesterol: Out of Control in US
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