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AHA: CVD Causes One in Three US Deaths, CHD Causes One in Seven Deaths
Although the mortality rate from coronary heart disease in the US dropped by 38% from 2003 to 2013, it is still the number-one cause of death in the country—killing more than 370,000 people per year, according to the latest Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Survey from the American Heart Association (AHA), which was published online December 16, 2015 in Circulation[1].
The report notes that CHD now strikes roughly once every 42 seconds in the US, accounts for one out of every seven deaths, and remains the leading cause of death in women.
When heart disease, stroke, and other CV diseases were combined, they accounted for almost 801,000 US deaths in 2013, or about one in every three deaths. Globally, CVD was the cause of more than 17.3 million deaths per year—or 31% of all deaths.
While heart disease is the number-one killer worldwide, stroke is number two, causing 11.8% of total deaths. There are also 129,000 deaths from stroke in the US per year, making it the country’s number-five killer. Although stroke-related death fell 34% over the past decade, it is still considered to be the number-one cause of preventable disability.
References
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Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2016 update: A report from the American Heart Association
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