Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
- One person dies every 37 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
- About 647,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths.
- Heart disease costs the United States about $219 billion each year from 2014 to 2015 (including the cost of health care, medicines, and lost productivity due to death and coronary artery disease)
- About 18.2 million adults age 20 and older have coronary artery disease.
- About 2 in 10 deaths from coronary artery disease occur in adults under 65 years old.
- In the U.S., someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds.
