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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

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Writing Group Members, Roger, Véronique L., Go, Alan S., Lloyd-Jones, Donald M., Benjamin, Emelia J., Berry, Jarett D., Borden, William B., Bravata, Dawn M. +30 more·2012·Circulation
DOI 10.1161/cir.0b013e31823ac046PMC PMC4440543
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Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e3 1. About These Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e7 2. American Heart Association's 2020 Impact Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e10 3. Cardiovascular Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e21 4. Subclinical Atherosclerosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e45 5. Coronary Heart Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrome, and Angina Pectoris . . . . . . . . .e54 6. Stroke (Cerebrovascular Disease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e68 7. High Blood Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .e88 8. Congenital Cardiovascular Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e97 9. Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e102 10. Disorders …

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  • The high prevalence of poor-quality diet, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity presages a worsening of the current distribution of health biomarkers.

    “However, the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health is very low in the US population, and the prevalence of poor-quality diet, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity is alarmingly high, presaging a worsening of the current distribution of health biomarkers.1–8”

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  • The prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health is very low in the US population.

    “However, the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health is very low in the US population, and the prevalence of poor-quality diet, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity is alarmingly high, presaging a worsening of the current distribution of health biomarkers.1–8”

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  • The elimination of these health risk behaviors would make it possible to prevent at least 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and even 40% of cancers.

    “The elimination of these health risk behaviors would make it possible to prevent at least 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and even 40% of cancers.1,7,9,10”

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  • The prevalence of poor-quality diet, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity is alarmingly high in the US population.

    “However, the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health is very low in the US population, and the prevalence of poor-quality diet, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity is alarmingly high, presaging a worsening of the current distribution of health biomarkers.1–8”

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Authors
Writing Group Members, Roger, V. L., Go, A. S., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Benjamin, E. J., Berry, J. D., Borden, W. B., Bravata, D. M., Dai, S., Ford, E. S., Fox, C. S., Fullerton, H. J., Gillespie, C., Hailpern, S. M., Heit, J. A., Howard, V. J., Kissela, B. M., Kittner, S. J., Lackland, D. T., Lichtman, J. H., Lisabeth, L. D., Makuc, D. M., Marcus, G. M., Marelli, A., Matchar, D. B., Moy, C. S., Mozaffarian, D., Mussolino, M. E., Nichol, G., Paynter, N. P., Soliman, E. Z., Sorlie, P. D., Sotoodehnia, N., Turan, T. N., Virani, S. S., Wong, N. D., Woo, D., & Turner, M. B.
Affiliations
General Department of Preventive Medicine (VN)
ORCID
Venue
Circulation
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2012-01
Volume
125
Issue
1
Pages
e2-e220
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
DOI
10.1161/cir.0b013e31823ac046
PMC
PMC4440543
OpenAlex
W2012154384
Semantic Scholar
223f424f6743caeb8b40eb849f217dbe299f7d6e
Cited by
7,333
References
1,131
Citations by year
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FWCI
766.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
correction (2012-06-05)
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (CC999999, UL1TR000077)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Healthcare Systems and Public Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keywords
heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndrome, angina pectoris, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, American Heart Association, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Heart Diseases, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Risk Factors, United States, Stroke, Young Adult, Research Report

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