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Section II

The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

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Diseases of the Heart

Heart disease is the nation’s leading cause of death. Much of the burden of heart disease could be eliminated by reducing the prevalence rates of its major risk factors: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, tobacco use, diabetes, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. Modest reductions in the rates of one or more of these risk factors can have a large public health impact. Heart disease can also be prevented or controlled through governmental policies (such as restricting access to tobacco) and through environmental changes (such as providing better access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity).

Heart disease, which killed more than 700,000 Americans in 2001, accounted for 29% of all deaths in the United States.
In 2001, the rate of death from heart disease was 31% higher among blacks than whites and 49% higher among men than women.
In 2001, heart disease cost the nation $193.8 billion.
About 66% of heart attack patients do not make a complete recovery.
About 42% of people who experience a heart attack in a given year will die from it.

Diseases of the Heart: 2001 Death Rate^*

Diseases of the Heart: 2001 Death Rate

^* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total U.S. population. ICD–10 codes: I00– I09, I11, I13, I20–I51.

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Deaths due to Diseases of the Heart, by Sex, 2001

State	Total		Male		Female
	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*

ALABAMA	13207	289.3	6367	359.4	6840	237.5
ALASKA	603	187.7	368	240.6	235	143.9
ARIZONA	10582	204.5	5645	254.6	4937	163.2
ARKANSAS	8263	279.1	4025	340.1	4238	229.0
CALIFORNIA	68226	230.4	33400	278.5	34826	192.5
COLORADO	6292	181.0	3137	220.7	3155	149.6
CONNECTICUT	8582	216.4	4020	269.4	4562	176.9
DELAWARE	2033	257.2	979	309.7	1054	216.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1754	308.5	800	368.9	954	262.1
FLORIDA	50621	233.2	25481	285.3	25140	190.2
GEORGIA	17476	268.0	8497	332.7	8979	221.1
HAWAII	2310	179.5	1307	227.6	1003	139.5
IDAHO	2489	205.1	1327	261.3	1162	160.8
ILLINOIS	30990	251.5	14566	308.3	16424	208.9
INDIANA	15682	258.0	7638	324.2	8044	208.9
IOWA	8250	224.0	3930	287.1	4320	177.5
KANSAS	6716	224.0	3136	276.0	3580	184.5
KENTUCKY	11808	294.0	5723	363.8	6085	241.8
LOUISIANA	11474	280.1	5671	348.2	5803	228.6
MAINE	3272	218.8	1542	265.1	1730	181.2
MARYLAND	12309	251.6	5929	306.1	6380	210.4
MASSACHUSETTS	15143	210.4	6979	262.5	8164	171.7
MICHIGAN	26896	273.8	12986	335.8	13910	226.8
MINNESOTA	8760	171.0	4519	229.9	4241	129.1
MISSISSIPPI	9049	329.0	4064	382.6	4985	286.2
MISSOURI	16633	271.9	7826	334.7	8807	224.2
MONTANA	1970	197.9	1043	251.4	927	154.1
NEBRASKA	4150	210.9	1934	261.5	2216	171.5
NEVADA	4392	257.1	2524	312.6	1868	204.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE	2835	230.9	1394	288.7	1441	185.4
NEW JERSEY	22698	250.8	10476	305.2	12222	209.8
NEW MEXICO	3423	203.4	1811	253.7	1612	161.4
NEW YORK	56633	282.2	25423	340.2	31210	240.1
NORTH CAROLINA	18789	244.0	9327	309.7	9462	195.9
NORTH DAKOTA	1700	210.9	887	282.3	813	154.8
OHIO	32453	271.0	15548	336.7	16905	222.2
OKLAHOMA	10840	298.1	5222	366.0	5618	245.5
OREGON	7075	191.6	3621	242.3	3454	152.4
PENNSYLVANIA	39436	257.8	18516	322.1	20920	210.7
RHODE ISLAND	3076	240.5	1378	297.3	1698	198.2
SOUTH CAROLINA	9470	245.5	4841	312.3	4629	195.2
SOUTH DAKOTA	1985	218.1	1038	291.7	947	159.7
TENNESSEE	15688	278.2	7561	343.3	8127	229.5
TEXAS	43192	255.1	21499	313.2	21693	210.1
UTAH	2895	185.2	1452	220.0	1443	156.0
VERMONT	1429	221.4	695	282.5	734	178.8
VIRGINIA	14913	231.9	7226	284.7	7687	192.5
WASHINGTON	11281	201.2	5798	253.9	5483	160.4
WEST VIRGINIA	6325	296.0	3018	362.7	3307	245.3
WISCONSIN	13023	222.2	6455	284.9	6568	174.5
WYOMING	985	209.5	499	255.1	486	172.4

UNITED STATES	700076^†	246.8	339048	303.6	361028	203.2

^* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. ^†Total is slightly less than that in table on page 3 because it does not include decendents with unknown age.

Deaths due to Diseases of the Heart, by Race and Ethnicity, 2001

State	White		Black		Asian /Pacific Islander		American Indian/Alaska Native		Hispanic
	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*

ALABAMA	10130	282.8	3029	327.0	-	-	-	-	27	87.3
ALASKA	442	182.0	-	-	-	-	115	239.5	-	-
ARIZONA	9125	205.4	245	275.1	56	100.0	235	197.2	921	196.4
ARKANSAS	7144	275.5	1094	345.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
CALIFORNIA	51672	243.1	5275	339.1	4103	146.3	218	156.5	6958	178.4
COLORADO	5526	181.6	205	227.2	48	100.7	25	160.5	488	163.9
CONNECTICUT	7871	215.6	477	245.3	35	96.9	-	-	190	159.5
DELAWARE	1706	252.1	303	305.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	369	216.9	1362	366.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
FLORIDA	41067	229.2	4680	322.3	161	103.6	28	73.6	4685	213.9
GEORGIA	12786	258.5	4493	319.4	76	114.1	-	-	107	114.5
HAWAII	550	173.9	-	-	1650	179.4	-	-	93	284.6
IDAHO	2422	206.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	147.7
ILLINOIS	25606	245.8	4418	337.4	312	132.5	-	-	639	144.1
INDIANA	14460	256.6	1124	313.6	-	-	-	-	77	114.4
IOWA	8067	223.0	115	352.2	-	-	-	-	43	186.8
KANSAS	6318	224.5	275	273.2	-	-	34	254.7	80	144.8
KENTUCKY	11006	293.0	737	333.1	-	-	-	-	44	225.7
LOUISIANA	8031	268.0	3283	327.2	35	134.4	-	-	106	149.7
MAINE	3252	219.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MARYLAND	9213	244.6	2900	304.9	121	106.6	-	-	61	75.3
MASSACHUSETTS	14365	212.9	494	230.3	94	82.3	-	-	175	128.9
MICHIGAN	22778	263.2	3728	371.9	66	99.9	130	408.4	194	173.6
MINNESOTA	8479	170.6	133	188.6	46	80.4	56	207.9	46	144.0
MISSISSIPPI	6155	311.9	2850	383.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
MISSOURI	15000	267.8	1502	334.7	30	99.1	23	124.3	78	176.7
MONTANA	1899	197.5	-	-	-	-	53	203.9	-	-
NEBRASKA	3987	210.1	109	282.9	-	-	26	370.4	22	92.9
NEVADA	3827	266.5	288	357.9	95	154.7	28	193.0	154	133.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE	2806	231.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NEW JERSEY	19359	254.0	2308	294.2	243	107.2	-	-	778	163.1
NEW MEXICO	2258	208.5	59	261.2	-	-	150	185.9	942	193.7
NEW YORK	45829	285.3	6872	323.3	916	147.4	52	111.7	2964	214.9
NORTH CAROLINA	14757	236.8	3782	289.8	37	74.7	164	278.9	49	62.6
NORTH DAKOTA	1653	208.6	-	-	-	-	40	318.4	-	-
OHIO	29037	267.1	3229	328.1	57	94.5	-	-	118	135.2
OKLAHOMA	9745	302.3	624	354.7	25	142.9	357	198.3	89	181.8
OREGON	6838	194.3	84	254.0	59	97.3	51	193.0	43	63.5
PENNSYLVANIA	36090	255.5	2973	302.0	111	106.3	-	-	253	182.0
RHODE ISLAND	2964	244.5	69	283.1	-	-	-	-	27	101.9
SOUTH CAROLINA	6829	235.6	2600	287.3	24	132.1	-	-	-	-
SOUTH DAKOTA	1886	212.9	-	-	-	-	92	353.2	-	-
TENNESSEE	13408	272.2	2222	343.3	27	97.8	-	-	23	61.7
TEXAS	31375	257.1	5400	349.6	284	114.6	30	61.2	6103	212.3
UTAH	2767	187.6	23	332.7	27	133.7	-	-	61	115.0
VERMONT	1423	223.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VIRGINIA	11708	226.3	2969	287.5	125	97.6	-	-	97	108.3
WASHINGTON	10533	204.0	254	270.1	231	114.5	115	231.1	148	137.8
WEST VIRGINIA	6132	297.6	187	321.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
WISCONSIN	12499	221.7	395	279.2	33	110.3	54	204.0	42	82.7
WYOMING	933	209.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	187.8

UNITED STATES	584082	245.6	77226	321.3	9326	137.4	2358	178.9	27084	188.4

^* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. Dashes indicate too few deaths (20 or fewer) to calculate a stable estimate.

Page last reviewed: October 31, 2005
Page last modified: October 31, 2005
Archive Date: April 8, 2008