Do you know the facts? If you think that it can't happen to you or yours think again. I lost a 56 year old husband and a 29 year old son who had no known health problems.
- In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event. It does not discriminate by race, age, or gender.
- About 720,000 people in the U.S. suffer heart attacks each year. Of these, 515,000 are a first heart attack and 205,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.
- In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.
- Heart disease is the No. 1 killer, and is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined.
- The heart pledge gives you the possibility of saving yourself and others.