Nine Key Statistics on U.S. Heart Disease

1. Number of deaths (2006) 631,6322
2. Cause of death rank (2006) 1st
3. Number of cases of coronary heart disease (2006) 16.8 million
4. Number of cases of heart failure (2006) 5.7 million
5. Number of cases of high blood pressure (2006) 73.6 million
6. Number of heart attacks (2006) 7.9 million
7. Number of new cases of heart failure (2004) 550,000
8. Total cost of cardiovascular disease (2009 est.) $474.8 billion
9. Total cost of heart failure (2009 est.) $37.2 billion

Source: AHRQ National Healthcare Quality Report, 2009
Source URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr09/Chap2a.htm#heart

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