Each year, more than 2 million Americans have a heart attack or stroke, and more than
800,000 of them die; cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes one in three (approximately 800,000) deaths
reported each year in the United States. Annual direct and overall costs resulting from CVD …

Background As the nation's oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to
reducing death and disability from cardiovascular diseases and stroke, the AHA has focused …

This document details the procedures and recommendations of the Goals and Metrics
Committee of the Strategic Planning Task Force of the American Heart Association, which …

Cardiovascular diseases and stroke remain major threats to the public health of every nation
and are expected to increase over the next 10 years. Many of the key metrics in the 2010 …

Heart disease and stroke are the first and fourth leading causes of death, respectively in the
United States (1, 2). In 2008, heart disease and stroke were responsible for nearly a third of …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States represents a continuing crisis of
epidemic proportions, with nearly 960 000 individuals dying from heart disease and stroke …

A workshop was held September 27 through 29, 1999, to address issues relating to national
trends in mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular diseases; the apparent slowing of …

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, after coronary heart disease
and cancer. There are approximately 500,000 cases of stroke each year; of these, 150,000 …

Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …