Death Statistics for Types of Heart failure

Deaths and Heart failure:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of Heart failure.

Disease	Death Rate Estimate	US deaths estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Heart failure (overall)	approx 1 in 4,953 or 0.02% or 54,913 people in USA	54,913	4.8 million (NHLBI); 2 to 3 million Americans (NHLBI)
Congestive heart failure	approx 1 in 56 or 1.76% or 4.8 million people in USA	4.8 million Americans (NHLBI); 2% age 40-59; 5% age 60-69; 10% over 70's	4.8 million Americans (NHLBI); 2% age 40-59; 5% age 60-69; 10% over 70's
Left heart failure	unavailable		No information
Right heart failure	N/A	N/A	No information
Systolic heart failure	N/A	N/A	No information
Diastolic heart failure	N/A	N/A	No information
congestive heart failure	approx 1 in 56 or 1.76% or 4.8 million people in USA	4.8 million Americans (NHLBI); 2% age 40-59; 5% age 60-69; 10% over 70's	4.8 million Americans (NHLBI); 2% age 40-59; 5% age 60-69; 10% over 70's
Chronic heart failure	N/A	N/A	No information

54,913 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001); 39,000 deaths a year (NHLBI)

approx 1 in 4,953 or 0.02% or 54,913 people in USA

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