Metropolitan Cardiovascular Institute
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Facts to Consider
In 2020, 1 in 6 deaths from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Every 3.5 minutes, someone dies of stroke.
- Stroke deaths in Tennessee per 100K people: 43
- States in the Stroke Belt—which include: Mississippi, The Carolinas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana—have a stroke mortality rate at least 10% higher than the national rate!
Globally, males have a higher age-standardized CVD death rate (280.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019) than females (204 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019). Though this difference is not consistent across all countries.
Females had higher CVD death rates than males in the following:
Six of 21 countries in the North Africa and Middle East region, with the highest differences in Qatar (464.6 compared to 301.9 deaths per 100,000 people for females and males respectively), Egypt (600.0 compared to 491.6 deaths per 100,000 people), and Algeria (447.7 compared to 371.5 deaths per 100,000 people).
Heart disease
Heart disease, the leading cause of death in Shelby County, accounts for 21.8% of deaths.
It is the leading cause of death for both men (22.8%) and women (20.7%) in Shelby County.
Conditions, including high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, diabetes, and obesity, increase the risk of heart disease.
Lifestyle behaviors that increase the risk of heart disease include:
1. Eating a diet high in unhealthy fats.
2. Cholesterol, and salt.
3. Not getting enough physical activity.
4. Drinking too much alcohol.
5. Smoking or exposure to tobacco.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
1 in every 3 adults (110,000) in Shelby County has diabetes
Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in Shelby County.
Metropolitan Cardiovascular Institute
