AHA Statistical Update Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update A Report From the American Heart Association WRITING GROUP MEMBERS

Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH, FAHA; Alan S. Go, MD; Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FAHA; Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA; Jarett D. Berry, MD; William B. Borden, MD; Dawn M. Bravata, MD; Shifan Dai, MD, PhD*; Earl S. Ford, MD, MPH, FAHA*; Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH; Heather J. Fullerton, MD; Cathleen Gillespie, MS*; Susan M. Hailpern, DPH, MS; John A. Heit, MD, FAHA; Virginia J. Howard, PhD, FAHA; Brett M. Kissela, MD; Steven J. Kittner, MD, FAHA; Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH, MSPH, FAHA; Judith H. Lichtman, PhD, MPH; Lynda D. Lisabeth, PhD, FAHA; Diane M. Makuc, DrPH*; Gregory M. Marcus, MD, MAS, FAHA; Ariane Marelli, MD, MPH; David B. Matchar, MD, FAHA; Claudia S. Moy, PhD, MPH; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, FAHA; Michael E. Mussolino, PhD; Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, FAHA; Nina P. Paynter, PhD, MHSc; Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, MSc, MS; Paul D. Sorlie, PhD; Nona Sotoodehnia, MD, MPH; Tanya N. Turan, MD, FAHA; Salim S. Virani, MD; Nathan D. Wong, PhD, MPH, FAHA; Daniel Woo, MD, MS, FAHA; Melanie B. Turner, MPH; on behalf of the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee