(AURN News) — A new study from the American Heart Association finds that heart attack deaths rose between 2011 and 2022 among adults younger than 55.
The research, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, also found that women were more likely than men to die from their first heart attack.
“U.S. heart attack deaths appeared to have plateaued or decreased, based on observational studies that extended into 2010,” said Mohan Satish, M.D., the study’s lead author.
“However, that decline appears to have been driven largely by older adults and men. We often think heart attacks are mainly an older person’s problem; however, our findings indicate that younger adults, especially women, are at real risk.”
The study found that low income, non-tobacco drug use and kidney disease were more strongly associated with deaths than what researchers described as traditional risk factors.
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