The Facts

Let's look at the facts!

• Over one million die each year due to heart disease!

• Half of these are women!

• Every 60 seconds someone dies of a heart attack!

• The effect of heart disease is like SEVEN Boeing 747's crashing . . . . . with NO survivors . . . . EVERY DAY!

Just think about it! If we even had THREE 747's crashing every WEEK, what would they do to EVERY airport in the nation? You're right! They'd shut them down. The problem is: this is so common place . . . . and we think we have such a "perfect" way of dealing with this. Tim Russert is an example (from my last post) is an example of the fact that WE DO NOT! Our methods and, perhaps, our treatment is just not good enough . . . . obviously! But what if we could PREVENT this problem of heart disease?


And what about these additional facts?

• Nearly 80 million adults in the United States have Cardiovascular Disease.

• That's one in three!

• Every 36 seconds someone dies of a CVD. . . . .Wait . . . . didn't I say 60 seconds before? That was people who died of HEART ATTACKS. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) includes many things, such as: stroke, hypertension (high blood pressure), and aneurysms, to name just a few.

And there's more. . . . .

Did you know that more people die from sudden cardiac death than AIDS (16,000), breast cancer (40,600) AND lung cancer (157,400) ALL combined?!*

• SCD accounts for 300,000 deaths each year - one every 60 seconds!*

• 95% die before reaching the hospital!

• 100,000 ATHLETES die each year from SCD!

• And 60% of youth are at risk for heart disease!

• And you think eating meat is a major cause? Did you know that the most common kind of death with vegetarians is CVD?!

• In fact, Heart Attacks kill more people than the next NINE causes of death COMBINED!
  

*Sources: NASPE, CDC, American Cancer Society

This is truly a problem here in America!

• CHD is the SINGLE largest killer of American males and females!

• EVERY 26 seconds an American will suffer a coronary event and every 60 seconds someone will DIE from one!

• About 38% who experience a coronary attack in a given year WILL DIE FROM IT!

• EVERY 45 seconds, someone in the US has a stroke!

• Strokes account for 1 of every 16 deaths in the US!

Do these facts scare you? Well, they should! No one is exempt. Tim Russert only had a 40% blockage! Remember, the number one sign that you have Cardiovascular Disease, many times, is SUDDEN DEATH!

These are The Facts! But there IS a way to PREVENT this dreaded disease! Stay tuned . . . . .