Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update

“Deaths attributable to cardiovascular diseases have been on the decline in recent decades. Yet in the face of this good news, we have several disturbing observations that we need to pay attention to because we're at risk of eroding the gains we have made.”

“There is a lot of good news in this report, and at the same time significant concerns remain. We have made great progress in reducing deaths, yet we're also seeing a rise in diabetes among children and childhood obesity rates remain stagnant. We must find ways to correct these troubling trends, or we risk losing ground.”

“I think people with hypertension are often undertreated. It usually takes more than one medication to get blood pressure under control.”