how many people in America suffer from heart disease?

how many people in America suffer from heart disease?statistics

Answer by cardiophile
Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 24.1 million

-From US National Centre for Health Statistics website.

Answer by Terry S
In 2006, the number of adults in the US diagnosed and not in an institution (Hospital, Nursing Home, etc.) was 24.1 million. That's 11% of the adult US population.

In 2005, the number of US death due to Heart disease was 652,091. That's 222 for every 100,000 people. Heart disease was the number 1 cause of death in the US for year 2005.

Source:
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, MD
20782

NCHS - Heart Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm

Oops... I gave the same reference as cardiophile. Sorry about that. Give him the points since he answered first.

Terry

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