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Heart Facts

Facts

Learn the facts about your heart.

• In 2010, 631,636 people died of heart disease. Heart disease caused 26% of deaths—more than one in every four—in the United States.
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2010 were women.
• Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease. In 2005, 445,687 people died from coronary heart disease.

Every year about 785,000 Americans have a first heart attack. Another 470,000 who have already had one or more heart attacks have another attack.

Deaths Vary by Ethnicity

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most ethnicities in the United States, including African Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Hispanics, and whites. Below is the percentage of all deaths caused by heart disease in 2004, listed by ethnicity.

Race of Ethnic Group	% of Deaths
African Americans	25.8
American Indians or Alaska Natives	19.8
Asians or Pacific Islanders	24.6
Hispanics	22.7
Whites	27.5
All	27.2