About 61% of U.S. adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, new research from the American Heart Association predicts.
The biggest driver of this trend will be the large number of people who have or will develop high blood pressure, which makes them much more likely to develop dangerous problems like a heart attack or stroke.Other cardiovascular problems include heart attacks, arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation or a-fib, heart failure and congenital heart disease.
That would nearly double the number of people who have a stroke from 10 million to 20 million adults between 2020 and 2050.In terms of risk factors, growing numbers of people with obesity and/or diabetes will also raise the risk of heart problems.Poor diet, which can hurt heart health, is projected to be the health behavior that will affect the most people. The report suggests that nearly 70 million young adults alone will be eating poorly in 2050.
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