Cardiovascular Disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men. About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Apr. 2013)

Task: Create fact sheets that contain bulleted lists, tables, and/or charts that list the facts and statistics about cardiovascular disease? Include the following information:

Under the Heart Failure/cardiovascular population Fact Sheets:

1.Around ___ million people in the United States have heart failure.

2.About ___ of 10 people with heart failure had high blood pressure before being diagnosed.

3. The average age of a first heart attack for men? women ?

4. What percentage of men die after 1st heart attack? What percentage of women die after 1st heart attack?

5. List the lifestyle modifications that are recommended for all women. For all men.

6. Is there a link between birth control pills and heart disease in women.

Under cardiac disease in children statistics

7. Explain the following conditions:

  1. atrioventricularseptal defect
  2. coarctation of the aorta
  3. Kawasaki disease
  4. Rheumatic fever
  • 4–10percent have atrioventricularseptal defect.
  • ______percent have coarctation of the aorta.
  • 9–14 percent have tetralogy of Fallot.
  • ______percent have transposition of the great arteries.
  • 14–16 percent have ventricular septal defects.
  • ______percent have hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Under the signs and symptoms fact sheet:

8. List the common symptoms of heart failure.

9. List at list four signs and symptoms of a heart attack

Under the Cholesterol Fact Sheet:

10. A lipoprotein profile can be done to measure several different kinds of cholesterol as well as triglycerides (another kind of fat found in the blood). Desirable or optimal levels for persons with or without existing heart disease are:

  1. Total cholesterol: Less than ______mg/dL.
  2. Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ("______" cholesterol): Less than ______mg/dL.
  3. High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ("______" cholesterol): ______mg/dL or higher.
  4. Triglycerides: Less than _____ mg/dL.
  5. Go to the following website to help answer some of the following:
  6. List three reasons of why fat builds up in blood vessels.
  7. Eating at least ______servings of fruit and vegetables a day, and limiting your salt intake to less than ______teaspoon a day, also helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
  8. List ways to lower your cholesterol.
  9. Explain why high cholesterol is linked to heart disease.

Under high blood pressure fact sheet:

11. Indicate what the two numbers mean.

12. What is considered high blood pressure?

13. List five signs and symptoms of a stroke.

14. List ways to lower your blood pressure.

Resources to help with the questions:

Click on the video of how the heart works. Watch the video.:

Go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at:

Just for practice: (you do not have to do but may be helpful)

Take the heart test at the end:

Take the test on the path of blood through the heart.

Cited work:

"Heart Disease Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2013.