Heart Attack Statistics
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Cardiovascular
diseases, such as heart attack, are the number one cause of death among African
Americans. African American men,
specifically, are more prone to die of heart attacks compared to other men.
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About 1.1 million people are expected to have a heart attack per year.
~ Of each 100,000 people who died from coronary heart disease (including
heart attacks), 262 were African American men.
~ In the year 2000, 510 African American men died of a cardiovascular
disease per 100,000 populations.
~ 26.3 million men who smoke put themselves at a great risk of heart
attack.
Sources:
What is A Heart Attack?
Heart Facts 2003: African Americans
Minority Checkup