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FACT:
In 2009, heart disease is projected to cost more than $304.6 billion, including health care services, medications, and lost productivity
Source: American Heart Association
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The female hormone, estrogen, tends to raise HDL ("good") cholesterol, which may help to explain why premenopausal women are usually protected from developing heart disease.
Source: American Heart Association
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Each day, an average heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood.
Source: American Heart Association
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Every 37 seconds someone in the U.S. dies of heart disease or stroke.
Source: American Heart Association
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Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after cardiac arrest, can double a victim's chance of survival. On average, about 31% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests receive bystander CPR.
Source: American Heart Association
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Worldwide, about 1 in 150 babies are born with cardiac defects.
Source: American Society of Echocardiography
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One in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure.
Source: American Heart Association
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Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of heart disease by 25 to 30 percent.
Source: American Heart Association
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Overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight adults. This increases to 80 percent if one or both parents are overweight or obese.
Source: American Heart Association