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Heart Disease
| Number of deaths (2003)..................................................................................................... |
684,4624 |
| Cause of death rank (2003)................................................................................................. |
1st4 |
| Number of cases of coronary heart disease (2004)................................................................ |
13,000,00023 |
| Number of cases of congestive heart failure.......................................................................... |
4,900,00023 |
| Number of Americans with high blood pressure..................................................................... |
65,000,00023 |
| Number of heart attacks each year...................................................................................... |
7,100,00023 |
| Number of new cases of heart failure each year.................................................................... |
550,00023 |
| Total cost (cardiovascular disease)..................................................................................... |
$393.4 billion5 |
| Direct medical costs (cardiovascular disease)...................................................................... |
$241.8 billion5 |
| Prevalence and death rate of hypertension and heart disease higher among............................ |
Blacks |
| Cardiac care differs by........................................................................................................ |
race |
| ethnicity |
| SES |
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