By Carol Smith

In case you didn’t know, heart disease is still the number one cause of death in America. Here are some other interesting facts about heart disease.

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women and men.

Heart disease has been the number one cause of death every year since 1900 in the United States. The one exception was in 1918, there year of the influenza epidemic.

In America, a person dies from heart disease ever 34 seconds.

Over 2,500 Americans die from heart disease every day.

A person in the United States has a heart attack every 20 seconds.

As many as 250,000 people, who have heart attacks every year, die before reaching the hospital.

Cardiovascular disease is responsible for almost 6 million hospitalizations ever year.

While both men and women die from heart attacks, men tend to die 10 years earlier than women.

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of heart disease.

People with less education are more likely to have heart attacks.

White males who have male pattern baldness, hair in ear canals, creased earlobes are at a higher risk for heart disease.

Depression is a factor in contributing to heart disease in men.

People who are sedentary are twice as likely to suffer from heart attacks.

African American women have the highest risk for death from heart disease.

People who eat beans at least four times a week, suffer from heart disease at a lower rate than people who eat beans less than once a week.

The more you know the facts about heart disease, the more you can change your lifestyle to minimize it’s risks. To learn more about how to protect your heart, click here.