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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association
Insights
The American Heart Association (AHA) releases annual statistics on heart disease and stroke. This comprehensive update includes the latest data on cardiovascular risk factors, conditions, and outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Health Statistics
- Epidemiology of Heart Disease and Stroke
Background:
- The American Heart Association (AHA) annually publishes statistics on heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors.
- These statistics encompass core health behaviors and health factors contributing to cardiovascular health.
- The update covers major clinical heart and circulatory diseases and their outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease and stroke.
- To present the latest data on cardiovascular health factors and conditions.
- To serve as a critical resource for various stakeholders seeking current data.
Main Methods:
- Continuous monitoring and evaluation of global and US data sources by the AHA's Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee.
- Review of published literature up to the year before publication.
- Incorporation of approximately 3000 new data sources and enhanced global data in the 2025 update.
Main Results:
- The Statistical Update provides comprehensive data on a wide range of cardiovascular conditions and outcomes.
- Each chapter focuses on specific topics within heart disease and stroke statistics.
- The 2025 edition emphasizes health equity and includes enhanced global data.
Conclusions:
- The AHA Statistical Update is an essential resource for public health information.
- It supports informed decision-making for policymakers, clinicians, researchers, and the public.
- The update highlights the importance of current data for understanding and addressing cardiovascular health challenges.
Background:
The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and obesity) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose control, and metabolic syndrome) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update presents the latest data on a range of major clinical heart and circulatory disease conditions (including stroke, brain health, complications of pregnancy, kidney disease, congenital heart disease, rhythm disorders, sudden cardiac arrest, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, valvular disease, venous thromboembolism, and peripheral artery disease) and the associated outcomes (including quality of care, procedures, and economic costs).
Methods:
The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing. The 2025 AHA Statistical Update is the product of a full year's worth of effort in 2024 by dedicated volunteer clinicians and scientists, committed government professionals, and AHA staff members. This year's edition includes a continued focus on health equity across several key domains and enhanced global data that reflect improved methods and incorporation of ≈3000 new data sources since last year's Statistical Update.
Results:
Each of the chapters in the Statistical Update focuses on a different topic related to heart disease and stroke statistics.
Conclusions:
The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay public, policymakers, media professionals, clinicians, health care administrators, researchers, health advocates, and others seeking the best available data on these factors and conditions.
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