Prevalence and Incidence of Coronary heart disease
Prevalance of Coronary heart disease:
estimated 13,200,000 in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004) ... see also overview of Coronary heart disease.
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 20 or 4.85% or 13.2 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "estimated 13,200,000 in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Coronary heart disease Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Coronary heart disease:
estimated 1.2 million new or recurrent coronary attacks in the USA 2004 (American Heart Association, 2004) ... see also overview of Coronary heart disease.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 226 or 0.44% or 1.2 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "estimated 1.2 million new or recurrent coronary attacks in the USA 2004 (American Heart Association, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Coronary heart disease:
1,200,000 per year,
100,000 per month,
23,076 per week,
3,287 per day,
136 per hour,
2 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "estimated 1.2 million new or recurrent coronary attacks in the USA 2004 (American Heart Association, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Prevalance of Coronary heart disease:
Some 7 million
Americans suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common form of
heart disease. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, coronary heart disease: NHLBI)
Prevelance statistics for Coronary heart disease:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Coronary heart disease:
- 12,900,000 cases in the USA (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-94)
- 12 to 13 million American adults have CHD (NHLBI)
- 7 million Americans with CHD (NHLBI)
- 228.4 per 100,000 white males in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)
- 262.0 per 100,000 black males in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)
- 1378.4 per 100,000 white females in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)
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Death statistics for Coronary heart disease:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Coronary heart disease:
- CHD single leading cause of death in the USA 2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)
- 529,659 deaths in 2000 (NHLBI)
- 481,458 deaths in 1994 (CDC-OC)
- Death rate declined by 26% in the USA from 1991-2001 (American Heart Association, 2004)
- 1 in 5 men die in the UK 2002 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
- 1 in 6 women die in the UK 2002 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
- 1 in 6 women die in the UK 2002 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
- more statistics...»
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Prevalence/Incidence of Coronary heart disease: 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
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Coronary heart disease usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Coronary heart disease at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Coronary heart disease refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Coronary heart disease 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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