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In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds.3
Every year in the United States:
605,000 are a first heart attack3
200,000 happen to people who have already had a heart attack3
About 1 in 5 heart attacks is silent — the damage is done, but the person is not aware of it.3
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds.3
Someone dies every 36 seconds in our country from cardiovascular disease.1
About 655,000 Americans die from heart disease each year.2