Heart attacks are a common form of ischemic heart disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in 2002 that more than 12% of deaths worldwide are dying as a result of ischemic heart disease. In developed countries, this is the major cause of death. But in developing countries, it is one-third of AIDS and respiratory infections.
A heart attack known as the medical name of acute myocardial infarction is a condition of the disease accompanied by discontinuation of blood supply to a part of the heart. As a result, there is the possibility that oxygen will be deficient and damage the cardiac tissue and potentially kill it. Heart attacks are a major cause of death worldwide. Risk factors of major heart attacks include history of angina or vascular disease, previous stroke or heart attack, old age, excess alcohol, illicit substance abuse, smoking, erection of abnormal heart beat, obesity, hypertension or low blood cholesterol, Hypertriglyceride levels, hypertension, and diabetes.
Heart disease forms a major cause of death in the United States and is more common than cancer. An estimated one-fifth of all US deaths are the result of coronary heart disease. More than 13 million people across the country suffer from coronary heart disease. Every year more than one million people suffer from coronary heart attacks. Four out of ten people die from attack.
Symptoms of heart attacks include anxiety, emotions of tense fate, chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath, palpitations, nausea, and vomiting. In many cases, patients with heart attacks suddenly feel sick. Symptoms of heart attacks in men are often different from women's symptoms. In most cases, women experience fatigue, shortness of breath, feeling of exhaustion. Approximately one-third of all heart attacks are silent and there is no chest pain or symptoms associated with it.
Below are some recent statistics on heart attacks in the United States.
452, 327: Number of heart attack deaths in the United States in 2004.
20: Percentage of all deaths due to heart attack in the United States in 2004.
1.2 million: The average number of heart attacks occurring each year.
38: Percentage of all people who died of coronary heart attacks.
15.8 million people: Number of surviving heart attack patients.
8.9 million: Estimated amount of angina patients in the United States.
400,000: Number of cases of new angina each year in the United States.
233,000: Number of women who died of cardiovascular disease each year.
14 million people: Number of Americans suffering from heart disease and angina pectoris.
50: Mortality rate occurring 1 hour after a heart attack without treatment.
$ 60 billion: The amount spent on treatment and prevention of heart attack each year.
Every 20: 20 seconds, a new heart attack occurs somewhere in the USA.
60: Another heart attack death occurs every minute.
