Heart disease kills more people than any other cause in the United States, according to recent data provided by the American Heart Association (AHA) in its annual update published on Jan. 27.
The association found that in 2022, which is the most recent year data was available, 941,652 died from cardiovascular disease across the United States, or an increase of more than 10,000 deaths from the previous year. It means that heart disease kills 224.3 per 100,000 people in the United States.
The number of heart disease deaths reported in the 2022 data outpaced the number of deaths from cancer, accidents, and COVID-19.
AMA head Keith Churchwell noted that someone in the United States dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease….