Attack of the killer heart disease

Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans, and heart attacks are the most common form of heart disease. Lipitor helps very much, but doesn’t stop this problem completely. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Many U.S. government agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics have piled up tons of stats and translated all the numbers into dozens of charts to show exactly how lethal heart disease can be.

Heart disease Versus everything else

First things first. Table 1 - 1 lists the five leading causes of death in the United States. Table 1 - 2 lists the five leading causes of death in Canada. See what’s in first place? Note: In both countries, stroke,

a form of cardiovascular disease, is counted as a separate category.