Prevalence and Incidence of Heart attack
Prevalance of Heart attack:
7.5 million people with AMI (NHLBI) ... see also overview of Heart attack.
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 36 or 2.76% or 7.5 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "7.5 million people with AMI (NHLBI)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Heart attack Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Heart attack:
1.25 million annually USA (NHLBI); 1.1 million with 650,000 new events and 450,000 recurrences. ... see also overview of Heart attack.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 217 or 0.46% or 1.2 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "1.25 million annually USA (NHLBI); 1.1 million with 650,000 new events and 450,000 recurrences." -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Heart attack:
1,249,999 per year,
104,166 per month,
24,038 per week,
3,424 per day,
142 per hour,
2 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "1.25 million annually USA (NHLBI); 1.1 million with 650,000 new events and 450,000 recurrences." -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of Heart attack:
Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack. (Source: excerpt from Heart Attacks: NHLBI)
Prevelance statistics for Heart attack:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Heart attack:
- 7,600,000 cases in the USA (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-94)
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Incidence statistics for Heart attack:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Heart attack:
- 3,000 people each day have a heart attack in the US (W.H. Howard, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., How to protect your heart from your doctor)
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Death statistics for Heart attack:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Heart attack:
- More than 250,000 die before they reach hospital (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
- 50% wait more than 2 hours before getting help (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
- 12.5 million of the estimated 32 million worldwide heart attacks are fatal (Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Risk , WHO, 2002)
- 40-75% of all victims die before reaching hospital (Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Risk,WHO, 2002)
- 1,400 people die each day from a heart attack in the US (W.H. Howard, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., How to protect your heart from your doctor)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Heart attack: Online Medical Books
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Coronary artery disease:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Atherosclerosis is the usual cause of CAD. In this form of arteriosclerosis, fatty, fibrous plaques, possibly including calcium deposits, narrow the lumen of the coronary arteries, reduce the volume of blood that can flow through them, and lead to myocardial ischemia. Plaque formation also predisposes to thrombosis, which can provoke myocardial infarction (MI).
Atherosclerosis usually develops in high-flow, high-pressure arteries, such as those in the heart, brain, kidneys, and in the aorta, especially at bifurcation points. It has been linked to many risk factors: family history, male gender, age (risk increased in those aged 65 or older), hypertension, obesity, smoking, diabetes mellitus, stress, sedentary lifestyle, high serum cholesterol (particularly high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) or triglyceride levels, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, high blood homocysteine levels, menopause and, possibly, infections producing inflammatory responses in the artery walls.
Uncommon causes of reduced coronary artery blood flow include dissecting aneurysms, infectious vasculitis, syphilis, and congenital defects in the coronary vascular system. Coronary artery spasms may also impede blood flow. (See Coronary artery spasm.)
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, someone in the United States suffers a coronary heart event approximately every 29 seconds, and someone dies from such an event approximately every 60 seconds.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Anomalous Coronary Artery:
Anomalous Coronary Artery - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Incidence: Rare anomaly
- Prevalence:
- The majority of patients with this anomaly present in infancy, at around the age of 2 months.
- Of note, the literature includes many single case reports of newly diagnosed patients presenting as old as during the 4th to 7th decade of life.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Thrombosis:
Thrombosis - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Incidence of venous thrombosis in children is estimated at 0.7 per 100,000 per year. It is likely that the actual incidence is higher.
- Idiopathic thrombosis is rare in children.
- 2/3 of children with a thrombotic event have a predisposing underlying condition.
- Central venous lines are the most common risk factor for venous thrombosis in children.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Heart attack usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Heart attack at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Heart attack refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Heart attack diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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