Heart Healthy Habits Practical Lifestyle Changes That Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease Who Is At Risk For Heart Heart disease is the Disease? number one killer in America. Here are some In the media there’s a lot shocking statistics provide of talk about diseases by the Center for Disease like cancer, Alzheimer’s Control. and whatever disease is a current hot topic. The • About 610,000 people truth is that while these die of heart disease in diseases are certainly the United States every frightening, none of them year – that’s 1 out of has the same impact on every 4 deaths. health and well-being that • Heart disease is the heart disease does. leading cause of death for both men and 3
women in the United States. • About every 25 seconds, someone in the U.S. will have a coronary event, and every minute, someone will die from a coronary event. • Every year about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack. (Source: http://www.cdc.gov/ heartdisease/facts.htm)
