Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes | VitalSigns | CDC

Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes | VitalSigns | CDC

Populations more at risk.

• Americans aged 35-64 are less likely to use aspirin or statins (cholesterol-lowering medicines) when indicated, and only about half have their blood pressure under control.
• Blacks/African Americans are more likely than whites to develop high blood pressure—especially at earlier ages—and are less likely to have it under control.
• People with mental health and/or substance use disorders use tobacco more frequently.
• People who have already had one heart attack or stroke are at high risk for a second.

Source: Million Hearts® At-A-Glance, 2017

35-64 year olds

In 2016, about 775,000 hospitalizations and 75,000 deaths occurred in younger Americans, who are America’s workforce, parents, partners, and caregivers.