Dania Abueida Surgeon General Project

Cardiovascular Disease Student Name Course Date Instructor Cardiovascular Disease Today, a large portion of US population engages in unhealthy lifestyles that cause CVD. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises of many diseases such as coronary artery diseases, stroke, carditis, rheumatic heart disease, and venous thrombosis, diseases that affect the heart and its related blood vessels. Coronary heart disease and stroke are major healthcare concerns not only in US but also among worldwide-established countries because of high numbers of deaths that the diseases cause. The attention that CVDs prevention and control attracts is partly attributed to high prevalence of obesity. The high rates of CVD cause major economic impact, which challenges not only the healthcare but also the whole society. To reduce the impact of the disease, the essay challenges the government to give priority to CVDs prevention, transformation of the healthcare system, as well as conduction of research for sustainable, low-cost, evidence-based, simple, and scalable interventions. Statistics of Cardiovascular Disease According to CDC, US losses 610,000 people annually as a result of CVD, which equals one person in every four deaths (CDC, 2015). CDC also reports that CVD is the major source of death among men and women, which includes African Americans,