Heart Disease, Stroke and Research
Heart Disease, Stroke and Research Let’s talk numbers. These stats were compiled by the American Heart Association and CDC - Center for Disease Control. They’re from the association’s 2017 Heart and Stroke Statistics Update. Ready? Here we go… On Heart Disease .. Heart Disease is the No.1 cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death in the United States. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, taking more lives than all forms of cancer combined. But… Over the last ten years for which statistics are available, the death rate from heart disease has fallen about 39 percent. That’s good news. That means we are getting the word out, people are exercising more, eating healthier. That means we are fighting back. Hard. But there are still miles to go. On to Stroke ... Stroke is the number 5 cause of death in this country, killing more than 129,000 people a year. Stroke is a leading cause of disability BUT it’s also the leading preventable cause of disabili...