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How common is angina?

Angina is very common. And it's more common in men than in women.

In the United States, 9.1 million people have angina.

Source:
American Heart Association.
Heart disease and stroke statistics: 2008 update.
Available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/e25 (accessed on 20 October 2009).

Angina is usually a symptom of coronary artery disease. That's the most common cause of death in the United States. This disease causes about 1 in every 5 deaths.

Source:
American Heart Association.
Heart disease and stroke statistics: 2008 update.
Available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/e25 (accessed on 20 October 2009).

Here's what else we know about people who get angina.

Each year around 4 in every 100 adults in the United States have angina.

Source:
American Heart Association.
Heart disease and stroke statistics: 2008 update.
Available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/e25 (accessed on 20 October 2009).

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Your chance of having angina depends, in part, on your age, sex and ethnic background. It is most common in white men and black men ages 75 to 84. Angina is more common in black women than in other women.
The number of people living with angina is going up, as are the numbers of people with

obesity
If your body stores more energy than you need for daily functioning, this can make you overweight. The excess energy is stored in your fat cells. If your weight goes above a certain level, doctors call this obesity. Obesity is considered a medical condition. The excess weight can be a strain on your bones and joints. And if you are obese, you're more likely to get other diseases. Doctors have developed a scale for telling how much excess weight you have. This measure, called the body mass index (BMI), depends on your height.

obesity and

diabetes
Diabetes is a condition that causes too much sugar to circulate in your blood. It happens when your body stops making a hormone called insulin (type 1 diabetes) or when insulin stops working (type 2 diabetes).

diabetes. Both obesity and diabetes can make you more likely to get coronary artery disease, which causes angina.

Sources for the information on this page:

American Heart Association.Heart disease and stroke statistics: 2008 update.Available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/e25 (accessed on 20 October 2009).

This information was last updated on Nov 09, 2009

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