Cardiovascular Disease
According to the Center for Disease Control:
960,000 Americans die of CVD each year, accounting for more than 40% of all deaths
Heart disease accounts for 27% of all deaths in Arizona
Almost 6 million hospitalizations each year are due to CVD
About 59.7 million Americans (almost 1/4 of the nation's population) live with some form of this disease
Estimated cost of CVD in the U.S. in 2000 is $326.6 billion
Eliminating cardiovascular disease would increase life expectancy by almost 10 years
