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Coronary heart disease is America's
Number one killer, while stroke is number three and a
leading cause of serious disability.
Here are more facts :
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More than 1.1 million Americans
suffers heart attacks each year (some 650,000 of them
first time attacks) and approximately 350,000 die.
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63% of women and 50% of men who die
suddenly of Coronary heart disease show no previous
symptoms.
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Almost 80% of heart disease
mortality in people under age 65 occurs during the
first heart attack.
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Stroke kills nearly 160,000
Americans each year. Over 60% of those deaths are
women.
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The chance of having a stroke
before age 70 is one in 20 for both men and
women.
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For people over age 55, the
incidence of stroke more than doubles in each
successive decade.
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8% of men and 11% of women will
have a stroke within six years after a heart attack.
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More than 12 million
US men and
women are alive today who have survived a heart attack
or have angina. About 4.5 million stroke survivors are
also still alive today.
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Each day, the average heart expands
and contracts 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000
gallons of blood.
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