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__THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD...... AMERICA__ Heart disease is the leading killer across most racial and ethnic minority communities in the United States, accounting for 27% of all deaths in 2005. Heart Disease is the number one killer in the U.S., contributing to 28% of all fatalities every year. However, for teens, it only contributes about 4 percent of deaths. While CHD death rates for women are falling at a slightly greater pace than for men, stroke death rates are showing the opposite trend--down by 23.7% for women vs 25.8% for men since 1999.


 * Death Rate (per 100 000 population) for CHD and stroke**
 * || **1999** || **2000** || **2001** || **2002** || **2003** || **2004** || **2005** ||
 * **CHD** || 194.6 || 186.8 || 177.8 || 170.8 || 162.9 || 150.2 || 144.4 ||
 * **Stroke** || 61.6 || 60.9 || 57.9 || 56.2 || 53.5 || 50.0 || 46.6 ||

African American men are 30% more likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic white males. This occurs despite the fact that 10% of African Americans have heart disease vs. 12% of whites. Some 31.6% of African Americans have hypertension compared to 22.4% of whites, in 2006. Mexican Americans, who make up the largest share of the U.S. Hispanic population, suffer in greater percentages than Whites from overweight and obesity, two of the leading risk factors for heart disease. Premature death was higher for Hispanics (23.5%) than non-Hispanics (16.5%). In 2005, the Asian and Pacific Islander community, 29.5 percent of deaths are caused by heart disease. In 2001, the number of premature deaths (<65 years) from heart disease was greatest among American Indians or Alaska Natives (36%) and lowest among whites.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that, since 1999, coronary heart disease and stroke age-adjusted death rates are down by 25.8 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively. This means that the American Heart Association’s 2010 strategic goal for reducing deaths from coronary heart disease has been achieved, and for stroke nearly achieved – ahead of time. However, potential problems loom for the future, as all of the major risk factors for these leading causes of death are still too high and several are actually on the rise. If this trend continues, death rates could begin to rise again in years ahead.

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__**Ukraine**__ Ukraine has the largest rate of Coronary Heart Disease.

Heart Disease in Greece:
 * [|Greece] || 861,197 [|WARNING!][| (Details)] || 10,647,5292 ||

Out of 26 countries, Greece is number 20 for the highest number of deaths of heart disease. One out of four people in Greece have heart disease. In 2006, 69/100,000 people died from heart disease.