AmericanHeartAssociation.2023 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update Fact SheetAt-a-GlanceThis document contains key statistics about heart disease,stroke,other cardiovascular diseasesand their risk factors,in addition to commonly cited statistics about the American HeartAssociation (AHA)'s research program.This At-a-Glance document is based on the association's2023 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update,which is compiled annually by the AHA,theNational Institutes of Health,and other collaborators.The years cited are the most recentavailable for each topic.American Heart Association ResearchThe AHA uses donations to fund research projects.Research applications are carefullyweighed and selected by teams of scientists and healthcare professionals who volunteerfor the association.Ten investigators received Nobel Prizes for research wholly or partially supported by theAHA.The AHA funds more research into cardiovascular diseases and stroke than any otherprivate not-for-profit organization except for the federal government..The AHA has funded more than $5 billion in research since 1949.Heart Disease,Stroke and other Cardiovascular DiseasesCardiovascular disease(CVD),listed as the underlying cause of death,accounted for928,741 deaths in the United States in 2020Heart disease and stroke claim more lives each year in the United States than all forms ofcancer and Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)combined.Between 2017 and 2020,127.9 million US adults had some form of CVD.Between 2018and 2019,direct and indirect costs of total CVD were $407.3 billion ($251.4 billion indirect costs and $155.9 billion in lost productivity/mortality).In 2017 to 2020 in the United States,59.0%of non-Hispanic (NH)Black females and58.9%of NH Black males had some form of CVD.This race category had the highestprevalence of CVD..In 2020 in the United States,coronary heart disease (CHD)was the leading cause(41.2%)of deaths attributable to CVD in the United States,followed by stroke (17.3%).other CVD(16.8%),high blood pressure (12.9%),heart failure (9.2%),diseases of thearteries (2.6%).CVD accounted for 12%of total US health expenditures in 2018 to 2019.That is morethan any major diagnostic group.●CVD accounted for approximately 19.05 million global deaths in 2020.Unless otherwise noted,all statistics in this document pertain to the United States.Please refer to the complete Statistics Update forreferences and additional information for reported statistics.2023 American Heart Association,Inc.All rights reserved.Unauthorized use prohibited.
