Executive Summary: Trends in U.S. Cardiovascular Care

“We're seeing reversals across several foundational drivers of CV health. Hypertension is a prime example — nearly one in two U.S. adults now meets criteria for high BP, and many are unaware they even have it. Despite being highly treatable, progress in detection, treatment and control has largely stalled over the past decade. Diabetes prevalence and complications continue to rise, particularly among younger adults and people with lower incomes, and obesity has reached epidemic levels across nearly every demographic group. And after years of improvement, we're seeing warning signs in conditions like HF and stroke.”

“Much of the care that we deliver here is delivered right at the top. We're not really providing a whole lot of wellness care, and we're not as good in chronic disease care.”

“Our real problem here is the lifestyles that lead to these problems, and the major one is overweight and obesity.”