Prevalence and Incidence of Heart disease

Prevalance of Heart disease:

22 million adults in the US 2000 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 12 or 8.09% or 22 million people in USA [about data]

Prevalance of types of Heart disease:

For details see prevalence of types of Heart disease analysis; summary of available prevalence data:

• heart attack: 7.5 million people with AMI (NHLBI)
• high blood pressure: 50 million Americans (NHLBI); 217 per 1000 (NHIS95)
• Ischemic heart disease: 68 per 1000 (NHIS95)
• Heart rhythm disorders: 53 per 1000 (NHIS95: heart rhythm disorders); 21 per 1000 (NHIS95: heart murmurs)
• Tachycardia: 16 per 1000 (NHIS95)

Incidence of types of Heart disease:

For details see incidence of types of Heart disease analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

• heart attack: 1.25 million annually USA (NHLBI); 1.1 million with 650,000 new events and 450,000 recurrences.
• rheumatic heart disease: 194 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)

Prevalence/Incidence of Heart disease: Online Medical Books

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Cardiac tamponade: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Increased intrapericardial pressure and cardiac tamponade may be idiopathic (Dressler’s syndrome) or may result from:

❑ effusion (in cancer, bacterial infections, tuberculosis and, rarely, acute rheumatic fever)

❑ hemorrhage from trauma (such as gunshot or stab wounds of the chest and perforation by catheter during cardiac or central venous catheterization or postcardiac surgery)

❑ hemorrhage from nontraumatic causes (such as rupture of the heart or great vessels or anticoagulant therapy in a patient with pericarditis)

❑ acute myocardial infarction (MI)

❑ end stage lung cancer

❑ heart tumors

❑ radiation therapy

❑ hypothyroidism

❑ systemic lupus erythematosus

❑ uremia.

Cardiac tamponade occurs in 2 of every 10,000 people.

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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Rheumatic fever appears to be a hypersensitivity reaction to a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection, in which antibodies manufactured to combat streptococci react and produce characteristic lesions at specific tissue sites, especially in the heart and joints. Because very few persons (3%) with streptococcal infections ever contract rheumatic fever, altered host resistance must be involved in its development or recurrence. Although rheumatic fever tends to be familial, this may merely reflect contributing environmental factors. For example, in lower socioeconomic groups, incidence is highest in children between ages 5 and 15, probably as a result of malnutrition and crowded living conditions. This disease strikes generally during cool, damp weather in the winter and early spring. In the United States, it’s most common in the northern states.

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Prevelance of Heart disease discussion:

Facts About Heart Disease and Women: NHLBI (Excerpt)

One in ten American women ages 45 to 64 has some form of heart disease. That increases to one in five for women over age 65. (Source: excerpt from Facts About Heart Disease and Women: NHLBI)

NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI (Excerpt)

One in ten American women 45 to 64 years of age has some form of heart disease, and this increases to one in four women over 65. Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI)

Prevelance statistics for Heart disease:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Heart disease:

• 155 per 1000 (NHIS95)
• 9 million American women (NHLBI)
• 22.3 million cases per year of heart disease in the USA 1994 (US Government Statistics)
• 23.0 million noninstitutionalised people have a diagnosed heart disease in the US 2001(Summary Statistics for US Adults, 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 11.5% of noninstitutionalised people have a diagnosed heart disease in the US 2001(Summary Statistics for US Adults, 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 147,600 home health care patients had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 10.9% of home health care patients had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 13,500 hospice care patients had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 12.8% of hospice care patients had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 165,100 nursing home residents had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 1999 (National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, NCHS, CDC)
• 10.1% of nursing home residents had heart disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 1999 (National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, NCHS, CDC)
• 52.2% of cases of heart disease are male USA 2004 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
• 47.8% of cases of heart disease are female USA 2004 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
• 88.2% of cases of heart disease occur in white people USA 2004 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
• 9.5% of cases of heart disease occur in black people USA 2004 (The British Heart Foundation, 2004)
• Nearly 40% of blacks in America have heart disease (CBCF Health Organisation, 2004)

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Heart disease usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Heart disease at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Heart disease refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of 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.