Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes: CDC Vital Signs Report

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Heart attacks and strokes can be catastrophic, life-changing events that are all too common. Heart disease and stroke are preventable, yet they remain leading causes of death, disability, and healthcare spending in the US. Alarmingly, many of these events happen to adults ages 35-64—over 800,000 in 2016. Million Hearts® is a national initiative with a network of partners focused on preventing one million heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events by 2022. Coordinated actions by public health and healthcare professionals, communities, and healthcare systems can and will keep people healthy, optimize care, and improve outcomes within priority populations.

Key points:

• About 16 million heart attacks, strokes, and related heart-threatening events* could happen by 2022.
• 1 in 3 of these life-changing cardiovascular events happened in adults 35-64 years old in 2016.
• 80% of premature heart disease and strokes are preventable.

Video: September 2018 Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes

About 16 million heart attacks, strokes, and related heart-threatening events could happen by 2022. #MillionHearts #VitalSigns https://go.usa.gov/xUeDj

Vital Signs is a monthly report that appears as part of the CDC journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.