How old is YOUR heart? Take This Simple Test To Calculate Your Risk Of Heart Attack Or Stroke In The Next 10 Years
- Online calculator can determine risk of heart complications over next decade
- CardioSecur’s calculator uses risk factors and activity to give a heart age
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for 700,000 annually
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An online calculator can help Americans calculate their risk of a heart attack or stroke over the next ten years.
It is based on your biological core age, which is calculated using factors such as lifestyle, fitness levels and genetics, and is different from your actual age.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, and up to 40% of the population will suffer from it by 2030 in varying degrees, according to estimates.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans, responsible for about 700,000 deaths each year according to the CDC. An American dies of heart complications every 34 seconds (file photo)
The disease is a collection of multiple conditions that limit the heart’s ability to pump oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.
The most common form is coronary artery disease – when plaque builds up in one of the body’s major vessels.
Age is the main risk factor for the disease, with people over 65 suffering the most. But poor diet and exercise habits, smoking and other factors can also put a younger person at risk. Tragic disease-related cardiac events include heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure.
A person’s “heart age” may be different from their “real” age. Health habits can lower age – lowering risk – while a poor family history, smoking and poor diet can increase a person’s likelihood of heart disease.
Online tools like MyHealthCheckup help estimate their heart age based on their actual age, habits, and current heart health.
The tool takes into account risk factors such as age, weight and family history.
It also takes into account other risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes and previous heart problems that a person may have faced throughout their life. It can be ignored if a person does not know their blood pressure.
The exam then gives the person a rough estimate of their heart health and how it may differ from their actual age.
It also determines the risk a person faces of experiencing a cardiac event within the next decade.
Heart disease is responsible for one in five American deaths, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting 700,000 deaths in 2020. An American dies of heart disease every 34 seconds.
Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease – affecting approximately 20 million Americans – seven percent of the adult population.
While deaths from heart disease are most commonly associated with the elderly, 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease occur in people under the age of 65.
Heart attacks are a well-known symptom of cardiovascular disease. They occur when blockages in major arteries and blood vessels lead to insufficient blood reaching the heart.
As a result, the heart tissue suffers from a lack of oxygen and begins to die.
The CDC reports 800,000 heart attacks in the United States each year. In 20% of cases, a person experiences a “silent” attack – where they experience no symptoms but still experience tissue damage.
Nearly half of all heart attacks suffered in the United States are fatal. The risk of an attack resulting in death increases with each subsequent episode that a person faces.
The most important risk factors for heart disease include high blood pressure – often the result of eating too much sodium in a diet, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, smoking and drinking. physical inactivity.
A person’s risk of developing heart disease naturally increases with age. Poor heart health can also run in families, with children of people with heart disease at increased risk.
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