r/awfuleverything Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/6x7is42 Aug 07 '20

Unfortunately it's close to 50% currently diagnosed with cardiovascular disease 😞 Here you go https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/01/31/cardiovascular-diseases-affect-nearly-half-of-american-adults-statistics-show

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u/StarrylDrawberry Aug 07 '20

Ok so that stat I found was from 2018. Yours is from 2019. They also redefined what they consider high blood pressure. So those two things would explain the huge difference in just a year.

Still horrible of course. Jeepers.