Great News In Heart And Stroke Study
December 23, 2008 by jody
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
From 1999 to 2006 the death rate of heart attacks and strokes fell about 30%. A cardiologist from UCLA said this is one of the outstanding achievements of modern history.
Even with this amazing news, the death count for Americans in 2006 from heart attacks and strokes was still at 829,072.
On an average one American dies from heart disease every 37 seconds.
A study on cholesterol levels in men men over 40 and women over 60 showed a 2% improvement. The same study showed no improvement in younger people.
We also have a rise in children with high cholesterol, due to their eating habits and little or no exercise. Obesity is a major factor in children with high cholesterol, 4% of the children from 1971-74 were considered obese. The same study showed from 2003-06 a remarkable rise to 17%, of children that are obese.
Results from two National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute studies show that in adults ages 33 to 45, 15% of men and 5.1% of women already had calcification and 1.6% had a calcification score above 100, which may indicate a significant burden of plaque.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-sci-heart16-2008dec16,0,4082880.story
