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Heart Disease and Stroke Facts for Women Prevalence and Mortality • Cardiovascular disease , including stroke, is the No. 1 killer of American women, claiming the lives of over 483,000 women each year — about a death a minute. • One in three adult females in the United States has some form of cardiovascular disease . • Every year since 1984, more women than men have died of heart disease , stroke and other cardiovascular diseases . Of the total number of U.S. deaths from these diseases , in 2003, women represented 53.1 percent of all deaths and men represented 46.9 percent. • 64 percent of women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. • African-American and Mexican-American women have a higher prevalence of some heart disease and stroke risk factors than white women of comparable socioeconomic ...

English May 2002 [BHC-6095] 1 / 2 D E P A R T M E N T Heart Disease – how treatments can help Healthy arteries carry a steady supply of blood to your heart . Without this blood, your heart can’t work properly. But sometimes the arteries become too narrow – and this can cause heart disease . Why do arteries become narrow? Over time, a fatty substance called ‘plaque’ can build up on the inside of the artery wall clogging the arteries so that less blood gets to the heart . What happens when arteries become narrow? It can lead to angina or a heart attack. • Angina happens when the heart isn’t getting enough blood. Symptoms include chest pressure, tightness in the chest, arm pain. Sometimes people feel sweaty or nauseous too. These signs mean there may be something wrong with your heart and you need medical help as soon as possible. Angina ...

Ischaemic Heart Disease in Central Queensland (incorporating Banana, Bundaberg, Central Highlands, Central West, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, North Burnett, Rockhampton and South Burnett Health Districts) December 1998 Page 2 Ischaemic Heart Disease Central Queensland 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY More than 5000 Queenslanders died of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in 1995, with a further 4000 people dying from other causes of cardiovascular disease (such as stroke). In 1989-90, direct costs of health care for cardiovascular disease in Queensland amounted to $360 million, including hospital, nursing home, medical and pharmaceutical costs. Far too many Queenslanders remain at higher risk of cardiovascular disease through modifiable or preventable risk factors such as cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight and lack ...

MECHANISMS DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY DISEASE Transcriptional mechanisms of congenital heart disease Elizabeth M. Mandel 1 , 2 , Thomas E. Callis 1 , 3 , Da-Zhi Wang 1 , 3 , * , Frank L. Conlon 1 , 2 , 4 , * 1 Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA 2 Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA 3 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA 4 Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA Over the past decade, clinical studies have identified a number of congenital heart diseases associated with mutations in cardiac transcription ...

Tobacco, heart disease and stroke Fact sheet Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in both developed and developing countries. One out of three deaths across the world is due to heart disease and stroke. 1 Eighty percent of CVD deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Smoking is a major cause of death from cardiovascular disease . 2 It accounts for about 20% of cardiovascular deaths. • Risks are increased for coronary heart disease (CHD), including sudden death, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease , such as aortic aneurysm. • Excess mortality from cardiovascular disease is two times higher among smokers as compared to nonsmokers. 3 • Smoking increases the risk of developing CHD in men and women. Several epidemiological ...

F R E Q U E N T LY A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S womenshealth.gov 1-800-994-9662 TDD: 1-888-220-5446 page 1 blood. It may feel like a pressing or squeezing pain, often in the Heart chest, but sometimes the pain is Disease in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It can also feel like indigestion (upset stomach). Angina is not a heart attack, but having angina means you are Q: What is heart disease ? more likely to have a heart attack. A: Heart disease is a number of abnormal conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart . Types of + Heart attack. A heart attack occurs when an artery is severely or completely blocked, and the heart disease include: heart does not get the blood ...

25 May 2006 Issued by National Statistics 1 Drummond Gate London SW1V 2QQ Telephone Press Office 020 7533 5702 Email press.office@ons.gsi.gov.uk Public Enquiries 0845 601 3034 Internet www.statistics.gov.uk Next publication date 24 August 2006 Heart disease leading cause of death in England & Wales Health Statistics Quarterly Summer 2006 Heart disease (including heart attacks) was the leading cause of death for both sexes in England and Wales in 2005, accounting for one in five male deaths and around one in six female, according to a new report* published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A new ranking of leading causes of death also found that cerebrovascular disease (mainly strokes) was the second leading cause of death for both sexes, followed by ...

The 15th Annual International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult - TORONTO 2005 May 26–28, 2005 Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, Ontario, Canada In cooperation with the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Center of Excellence Program Co-Directors: Peter P. Liu, MD, FRCP (C), FACC David J. Sahn, MD, FACC Gary D. Webb, MD, FRCP (C), FACC Page 2 Program Overview This is the 15th anniversary of the highly successful ACC program on Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult. We continue to feature the combined faculty teams from the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Toronto, to bring to you the latest in adult congenital heart disease . The course will profile high caliber international faculty to cover a range of highly relevant topics. The course alternates between ...

A Message from the Director of CDC As the nation’s prevention agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke, which are the first and third leading causes of death and major contributors to disability in the United States. These two cardiovascular diseases are largely preventable, and targeted public health efforts can help reduce their impact. To meet this chal- lenge, CDC works to monitor temporal and geographic trends in heart disease and stroke rates among different racial and ethnic groups, to strengthen the delivery of primary and secondary preventive health services to all such groups, and to implement policy changes that support the alleviation of disparities among all U.S. residents. Among American Indians and Alaska Natives, heart disease and stroke are the first and sixth leading causes of death. I am pleased to provide you ...

Men and Heart Disease Fact Sheet Facts on Men and Heart Disease • In 2002, 340,933 men died from heart disease , the leading cause of death for men in the United States. 1 • The age-adjusted death rate for heart disease in men was 297 per 100,000 population in 2002. 1 • About 8.9% of all white men, 7.4% of black men, and 5.6% of Mexican American men live with coronary heart disease . 2 • The average age of a first heart attack for men is 66 years. 2 • Almost half of men who have a heart attack under age 65 die within 8 years. 4 • Results from the Framingham Heart Study suggest that men have a 49% lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease after the age of 40. 4 • Between 70 and 89% of sudden cardiac events occur in men. 4 • Major ...

Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet Death Rates for Diseases of the Heart per 100,000 Women, 2002 Age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Population; International Classification of Diseases (ICD–10) codes: I00–I09, I11, I13, I20–I51. Source: NCHS Facts on Women and Heart Disease • For this fact sheet, the term " heart disease " refers to the broadest category of " diseases of the heart " as defined by the International Classification of Diseases and used by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. This category includes acute rheumatic fever, chronic rheumatic heart disease , hypertensive heart disease , coronary heart disease , pulmonary heart disease , congestive heart failure, and any other heart condition or disease . • Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a "man's disease ," it is the leading cause of death ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke A Public Health Action Plan t o P r event Hear t Disease and Str oke Page 2 A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Page 3 ii Page 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY We at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are committed to improving the health of America. With the release of A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke , we will tackle one of the most formidable public health challenges of this century—reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke. Heart disease and stroke are among ...

Natives 2 National Maps of Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality Among American Indians and Alaska ©Syracuse Newspapers/David Lassman/The Image W orks Page 2 Heart Disease Mortality: American Indians and Alaska Natives American Indians and Alaska Natives American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people made up 1.5% of the U.S. population ages 35 years and older in 2000. During 1996–2000, the age-adjusted heart disease death rate for AI/AN people in this age group was 352/100,000. The national map of age-adjusted, spatially smoothed heart disease death rates for all AI/AN people shows consider- able geographic disparity across the 806 counties for which sufficient data existed to calculate rates. County death rates ranged from 65 to 2,606/100,000. The quintile ...

Introduction 1 ©Eastcott-Momatiuk/The Image W orks Page 2 Introduction During the last four decades, significant changes have occurred in the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. Although infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and gastroenteritis were rampant among Native Americans in the first half of the 20th century, they are no longer ranked in the leading causes of death and disability for this population. 1 With many infectious diseases under control today, AI/AN people are living longer. Like many other Americans, they are now experiencing chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke as dominant risks to their health and longevity. Disease Burden Heart disease and stroke are the first and sixth leading causes of death, respectively, among ...

1 Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose of the plan: To chart a course for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and collaborating public health agencies, with all interested partners and the public at large, to help in promoting achievement of national goals for preventing heart disease and stroke over the next two decades—through 2020 and beyond. Heart disease and stroke are among the nation’s leading causes of death and major causes of disability, projected to cost more than $351 billion in 2003. In the next two decades, these conditions can be expected to increase sharply as this country’s “baby boom” generation ages. The current disease burden, recent trends, and growing disparities among certain populations reinforce this projection. Yet these conditions are largely preventable. As expressed in the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative from ...

F R E Q U E N T LY A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S How to Talk to your Doctor about Heart womenshealth.gov Disease and Heart 1-800-994-9662 TDD: 1-888-220-5446 Health Q: Why should I talk to my doctor about heart disease ? A: Many women think heart disease is a man’s problem, but heart disease is very much a woman’s problem. One in three American women dies of heart disease . In 2003, almost twice as many women died of cardiovascular disease (both heart disease and stroke) than from all cancers combined. The older a woman gets, the more likely she is to get heart disease . But women of all ages should be concerned about heart disease . All women should take steps to prevent it. Doctors do not always bring ...

State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Programs Addresses Heart Attack Prevention Examples of State Programs in Action Florida has a state-wide network of trained regional coordinators who advocate for systems level changes that promote provider adherence to clinical guidelines for heart attack. Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are addressing continuous quality of care in hospitals for the prevention of new and recurrent heart attacks. They have trained hospital staff on the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association’s (ASA) Get With the Guidelines SM program. Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah promote health ...

State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Addresses Cardiac Rehabilitation Each year about one million persons survive heart attacks in the United States. 1 Additionally, more than seven million persons have stable angina, and more than 800,000 patients have had coronary artery intervention procedures (e.g., bypass surgery). All of these persons with heart disease could benefit from cardiac rehabilitation. 1 The purpose of cardiac rehabilitation is to modify a person’s coronary risk factors and to reduce morbidity, mortality, and functional disability due to cardiovascular illness. 2–4 In 2001, 19 states and the District of Columbia (DC) included questions in the state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey regarding receipt of cardiac rehabilitation services following a heart attack. 5 The findings ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Executive Summary and Overview Page 2 The special contributions of the following partners to development of A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke, through representation in the Working Group or Expert Panels, are gratefully acknowledged: American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE), ASTHO Cardiovascular Health Council, Chronic Disease Directors, ASTHO Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Chronic Disease Directors ...

33 A Comprehensive Public Health Strategy SECTION 2. A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY AND THE FIVE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN: A PLATFORM FOR ACTION Summary Section 2 presents a vision of cardiovascular health (CVH) that is achievable through a comprehensive public health strategy. Such a strategy will guide the needed action, from preventing heart disease and stroke among healthy people to treating and managing these conditions when prevention has failed. To develop the strategy, an action framework was developed that outlines the present reality, a vision of the future, and six broad intervention approaches that can help achieve this vision. These six approaches address the two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010 , which are to increase quality and years of healthy life and eliminate health disparities, as well as the specific goal for ...

January 2004 State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program in Health Care Settings to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Heart disease and stroke, the principal components of cardiovascular disease (CVD), are the first and third leading causes of death in the United States, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all deaths. 1 Several organizations including the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have developed clinical practice guidelines to assist in the diagnosis and management of patients with CVD. 2, 3 Scientific studies have demonstrated that adherence to these clinical guidelines is associated with decreases in CVD mortality and morbidity as well as cost savings to society through reductions in productivity losses at work and home. 4,5 Yet, a significant proportion of patients ...

45 Recommendations SECTION 3. RECOMMENDATIONS: A CALL TO ACTION Summary The Action Plan outlines recommendations developed by five Expert Panels that were convened by CDC to address the plan’s five essential components. These recommendations were reviewed by a Working Group, which determined that two of the recommendations were paramount and should be elevated above the others as fundamental requirements for implementing this plan (see Appendix D for details of this process). The two fundamental requirements are followed by 22 recommendations, which are presented according to the Expert Panel that produced them. The Working Group also reviewed the premises that each panel used to guide its recommendations and determined that three of these were relevant to all five components. These were deemed overarching premises and precede the recommendations in this section. ...

Resources C ©Eastcott-Momatiuk/The Image W orks Page 2 American Indian and Alaska Native Health Organizations Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center PO Box 572, Lake Andes, SD 57356-0572 Phone: 605-487-7072 Web site: http://www.nativeshop.org/nawherc.html The Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center is operated by the Native American Community Board (NACB). The NACB was formed in 1985 by a group of Native Americans living on or near the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota to address pertinent issues of health, education, land and water rights, and economic development of Native American people. National Indian Health Board 1385 S. Colorado Blvd, Suite A707, Denver, CO 80222 Phone: 303-759-3075, Fax: 303-759-3674 Web site: http://www.nihb.org ...

heart disease 1581 Coronary Heart Disease and Exercise Sarah Springett & Simon Hunt Exercise Physiologist Coronary Heart Disease Complex Disease Initiated by injury/damage to inner lining of the coronary arteries Made worse by smoking, high cholesterol, inactivity , diabetes, hypertension and genetic factors Build up of atherosclerotic (fatty) plaque Plaque consists of fat deposits. What is Exercise? Physical Activity or Exercise? Physical Activity (PA) Washing the car Cleaning windows Walking the dog Exercise Planned Organised Controlled The Circulation Why Exercise or Increase Activity? ...

Page 2 Mortality trends in England; ICD9 (393-398), ICD10 (I05-I09); File: Sepho 96-04 V2 Chronic rheumatic heart disease in England 1996 to 2004. Mortality trends Authors: Michael Goldacre, Marie Duncan, Paula Cook-Mozaffari, Matthew Davidson, Henry McGuiness, Daniel Meddings Published by: Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Oxford University, and South-East England Public Health Observatory, 2006 This document provides a profile of trends in mortality for chronic rheumatic heart disease in England. The period covered is January 1 1996 to December 31 2004. The data are analysed from mortality files supplied to the South East England Public Health Observatories (SEPHO) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Mortality rates were calculated for the condition certified as the underlying cause of death and for the disease certified as any mention ...

Americans Fear Alzheimer’s More Than Heart Disease , Diabetes or Stroke, But Few Prepare May 11, 2006 Introduction Almost no illness is more frightening than Alzheimer’s disease . It robs us not just of life, but also of dignity, control and awareness of our surroundings. A progressive brain disorder that science has yet to defeat, Alzheimer’s gradually destroys a person’s memory and ability to reason, communicate and function. Americans recognize the threat of Alzheimer’s, according to a newly released survey from the MetLife Foundation entitled, “MetLife Foundation Alzheimer’s Survey: What America Thinks.” But, outside of cancer, there is no other illness – not heart disease , or strokes, or diabetes – that people fear more. In fact, adults aged 55 and older fear Alzheimer’s even more than cancer. MetLife Foundation, a leading advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research for more than 20 years ...

May/June 2004 Vol. 6 No. 3 a r t i c l e Family history of heart disease and cardiovascular disease risk-reducing behaviors Margaret E. McCusker, MD, MS 1 , Paula W. Yoon, ScD, MPH 2 , Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH 2 , Ann M. Malarcher, PhD, MSPH 3 , Linda Neff, PhD 3 , and Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD 2 Background: Family history is an important cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Preventive behaviors, including lifestyle modifications, can attenuate CVD risk. We studied the association between family history– based heart disease (HD) risk and CVD risk-reducing behaviors. Methods: Using data from the 2001 Healthstyles survey, we compared frequencies of CVD risk-reducing behaviors among adults without known CVD in categories defined by family history– based HD risk. We classified ...

37,805 Pennsylvanians died from heart disease in calendar year 2003, with 19,852 deaths among females and 17,953 deaths among males. Heart disease accounted for 29.3% of all resident deaths in 2003, and remains the leading cause of death among both men and women. 1 15,925 Pennsylvanians were hospitalized for heart attacks in calendar year 2003, at an estimated financial cost exceeding $400 million. 2 8,180 Pennsylvanians died from stroke in calendar year 2003, with 5,171 deaths among females, and 3,008 deaths among males. Stroke accounted for 6.4% of all resident deaths in 2003, and remains the third leading cause of death among both men and women, and a leading cause of adult disability. 1 24,315 Pennsylvanians were hospitalized for stroke in calendar year 2003, at an estimated financial cost exceeding $588 million. 2 High-blood pressure, a major contributor ...

Facts about heart disease and stroke in Tennessee: In 2005 (based on 2000 to2002 data), Tennessee was ranked 48 th in cardiovascular deaths in the nation. The risk for Tennesseans dying from cardiovascular disease in this period was 16 percent higher than the national average. i In 2004, the overall age-adjusted death rate for heart disease was 253.7 per 100,000. The overall age-adjusted cerebrovascular disease (stroke) death rate was 63.0 per 100,000. ii In 2004, the age-adjusted heart disease death rate for blacks (323.0 per 100,000) was 32 percent greater than for whites (245.5 per 100,000). ii In 2004, the age-adjusted cerebrovascular (stroke) death rate for blacks (86.0 per 100,000) was 43 percent higher than for whites (60.1 per 100,000). ii Factors that contribute to heart disease and stroke: Untreated hypertension ...