Question

Visit healthypeople.gov website and find some recent statistics data about Cardiovascular disease?

Answer 1

Ans) Currently more than 1 in 3 adults (85.6 million) live with 1 or more types of cardiovascular disease.

- In addition to being the first and fifth leading causes of death, heart disease and stroke result in serious illness and disability, decreased quality of life, and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic loss every year.

- The burden of cardiovascular disease is disproportionately distributed across the population. There are significant disparities in the following based on gender, age, race/ethnicity, geographic area, and socioeconomic status.

Prevalence of risk factors

Access to treatment

Appropriate and timely treatment

Treatment outcomes

Mortality