54 Random Facts About Heart Disease

Numbers & statistics have always interested me!  As a kid numbers would "stick" in my head, in fact the numbers are still there from my childhood!

•  Willie Mays wore #24 and ended up with 660 home runs!
•  When Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia 76'ers, it was in Hershey, PA!
•  Roger Staubach, quarterback for the Cowboys wore number 12 & won the Heisman Trophy in 1963 while playing for the Naval Academy!
•  When my first son Jared was born in 1978, it was on a Monday!  The Yankees & Red Sox tied for the season & were playing when Jared was born (the doctor was a Red Sox fan), Yankees won 5-4 and that night on Monday night football the Redskins beat the Cowboys 9-5

Numbers!

How about some heart Numbers?

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Heart disease is the number one cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Cancer and stroke round out the top three.b #9.  It takes just four to six minutes after cardiac arrest before a person experiences brain death and then complete death. The survival rate outside a hospital is less than 1-2%.i #14.  People who live alone are twice as likely to have a heart attack or sudden cardiac death as those who live with a partner or roommate.b #28.  Laughing relaxes and expands blood vessels, which helps protect the heart.b Check out the other facts!  Numbers are great!!!