Summary Each year the American Heart Association, in conjunction with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government
agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, and their
risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The
Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare policy
makers, media, the lay public, and many others who seek the best national data available on …