heart disease rate
Coronary illness frequency
Heart disease rate is a measure of how many people in a population develop or die from heart disease over a given period, typically expressed per 100,000 people: The heart disease rate has declined since the 1960s.
Public health officials track heart disease rates to identify risk factors and evaluate prevention efforts.
- mortalityState of eventual death
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- high blood pressureExcessive arterial force
- cholesterolWaxy lipid in blood
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