The cost of heart disease in the United States is expected to triple by 2030, a total of more than 800 billion dollars a year, says a new report by the American Heart (AHA).
In 2006, 631,636 people died of cardiac in the United States. And the U.s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease accounted for 26% of deaths (one in four Americans).
AHA heart disease increases the number of cases to predict 10% over the next 20 years, with a view to improving the health of the national measures taken.
High blood pressure is the most expensive substances, accounting for 389 billion dollars and is projected to 818.1 billion dollars. AHA-the report says, the use of tobacco and obesity are higher than to continue to fuel cardiovascular disease increase in.
AHA wants more action to stem the cardiovascular disease, the tide was President Obama's health care reform and the repeal of the legislation relating to fuel "catastrophe".
HOR-AHA delegates to more focus on prevention, rather than waiting for people to get sick and then treating the symptoms.
Overall, health care costs continue to rise in the U.s.; 16,6% of gross domestic product (GDP) increased 17.6% in 2009 and 2010. Government resources for Hospital data doctor visits, medications, and other health needs jumped 4% to $ 2.5 trillion in 2009.
But the AHA heart disease is a very preventable, says. A healthy diet is the most effective way to reduce the risk of heart disease. AHA recommends eating eight or more servings fruit and vegetables on a daily basis; as well as to cut salt, consume less saturated fat and Showed more physical activity.
Worldwide, the World Health Organization (who) identified in the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular cause of death; an estimated 17 million people died in 1 State-of-the-art cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in 2004 (29% of global deaths).
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