Nearly Half of US Adults Have CVD — Mostly Hypertension

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Nearly Half of US Adults Have CVD — Mostly Hypertension


Nearly half of all adults in the United States in 2016 — 48% or 121.5 million — have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to the annual statistical update on heart disease and stroke from the American Heart Association (AHA).
This reported prevalence of CVD represents a significant increase over previous years. It was driven mainly by an increase in the number of people classified as having high blood pressure, after the 2017 guidelines redefined hypertension as 130/80 mm Hg, instead of the previous threshold of 140/90 mm Hg.
When adults with only a diagnosis of hypertension are excluded, the prevalence of CVD drops from 48% to 9%.
“That might seem like good news, but 9% of the US adult population represents more than 24.3 million Americans with coronary artery disease, heart failure, or stroke,” Mariell Jessup, MD, AHA chief science and medical officer, said in a statement.
The AHA’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics — 2019 Update was published online January 31 in Circulation.

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