Heart attacks are a common form of ischemic heart disease. The World Health Organization estimated in the year 2002 that more than twelve percent of all deaths worldwide were due to ischemic heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in developed countries. However, in developing countries it ranks third after AIDS and lower respiratory tract infections.
Heart attacks, known by their medical name acute myocardial infarction, is a disease in which the blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted. The result is a lack of oxygen that can damage and possibly kill heart tissue. Heart attacks are the leading cause of death worldwide. Major risk factors for heart attack include a history of angina or vascular disease, previous stroke or heart attack, advanced age, excessive alcohol consumption, illicit drug abuse, smoking, episodes of abnormal heartbeat, obesity, high levels of stress, high or low cholesterol, high triglyceride levels, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States – in fact, it is more common than cancer. An estimated one-fifth of all deaths in America are due to coronary heart disease. More than thirteen million people across the country suffer from coronary heart disease. Every year more than a million people suffer from heart attacks; four out of ten individuals die from their attacks.
Symptoms of heart attacks include fear, a sense of impending doom, chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath, palpitations, nausea, and vomiting. Often, heart attack patients will feel sick very suddenly. The symptoms of a heart attack in men are often different from the symptoms in women. Women usually experience fatigue, shortness of breath and a feeling of weakness. About a third of all heart attacks are silent and do not consist of chest pain or associated symptoms.
Below are some recent heart attack statistics in the United States.
452,327: The number of deaths from heart attacks in the United States in the year 2004.
20: The percentage of all deaths from heart attacks in the United States in the year 2004.
1.2 million: The average number of heart attacks that occur each year.
38: The percentage of all people who die from a heart attack.
15.8 million: the number of heart attack patients who survive.
8.9 million: the estimated number of angina patients in the United States.
400,000: the number of new cases of angina per year in the United States.
233,000: the number of women who die each year from cardiovascular disease.
14 million: The number of Americans suffering from some form of heart disease or angina.
50: The percentage of deaths that occur one hour after a heart attack when left untreated.
60 billion: the amount spent each year on the treatment and prevention of heart attacks.
20: Every 20 seconds a new heart attack occurs somewhere in America.
60: Another heart attack dies every minute.
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