New data on risk factors in young Americans
American Heart Association year-end report - DALLAS, Dec. 31 - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) - still not a nation killer - claimed 927,448 American lives in 2002, according to the American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2005: an update today. The update also includes a new section on the metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents that indicates that rates of controllable risk factor for cardiovascular disease are increasing among youth in America. The updated 2005 compiles statistics for 2002 or latest year for which data are available.Cardiovascular diseases include high blood pressure, coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction and angina pectoris), heart failure, stroke and congenital heart defects, among others. This corresponds to 30 percentfrom the previous survey in 1988-1994 continues - The update includes the latest data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition show Survey (NHANES) that some 65 million Americans have High blood pressure was published in 2002.