Death From Heart Disease Is Preventable in 25% of Cases
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Deaths linked to heart disease and stroke would be reduced 25 percent if people quit smoking, limited salt intake and adopted other healthy habits, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
At least 200,000 deaths a year in the U.S. from cardiovascular diseases are avoidable, with men twice as likely as women to die from such circumstance, and blacks succumbing at double the rate of whites, the CDC said today in a report. The U.S. South carries the highest rate of preventable heart disease and stroke deaths.