Heart Disease is the #1 Killer in the United States.
1 You could be at risk without knowing it.
Women, black Americans and Hispanic/Latino Americans who are at high risk for heart disease are less likely to receive life-saving treatments.
Take steps to take care of yourself and your heart health. By increasing your knowledge, you can be sure that you receive the treatment you need.
Did you know?
Your gender, age, ethnicity, or race can add to your chance of developing heart disease.
- More women than men die of heart disease, although more men have heart attacks.2
- As you age, your risk for heart disease increases.2
- At age 40, the lifetime risk for developing heart disease is 2 in 3 for men and more than 1 in 2 for women.2
- Heart disease causes more deaths in Americans of both genders and all racial and ethnic groups than any other disease.1
- Black Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Latino Americans die at earlier ages from heart disease.3
Find out if you are at risk for heart disease »
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/cardio.htm. Accessed on September 10, 2007.
- American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2007 Update.
Available at www.americanheart.org
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) "Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease—50 States including the District of Columbia." 2001 CDC MMWR Weekly, February 20, 2004.
