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Heart Attack Deaths Fall 90% While Other Heart Disease Deaths Surge

Emergency cardiac care breakthroughs have driven down heart attack mortality, leaving survivors susceptible to rising chronic heart disease.

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Overview

  • Overall age-adjusted heart disease deaths in U.S. adults aged 25 and older declined 66% from 1970 to 2022.
  • Fatal heart attacks plunged nearly 90%, shrinking their share of total heart disease deaths from 54% to 29%.
  • Non-ischemic conditions—including heart failure, arrhythmias and hypertensive heart disease—rose 81% over five decades, with increases of 146%, 450% and 106% respectively.
  • Rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension have surged since 1970, contributing to the growing burden of chronic cardiovascular illnesses.
  • Specialists warn that shifting focus toward prevention and management of chronic heart conditions will be essential to further reduce overall heart disease mortality.