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| Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a Global Epidemic among South Asians |
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CAD strikes South Asians at a four-fold rate compared to the general population. This holds true even for lifelong vegetarians who do not smoke and are not overweight. |
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10-12% of the South Asian population in urban areas globally and 4% in rural areas are afflicted with this disease. |
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By 2010, India will bear 60% of the worlds CAD burden. |
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| CAD strikes South Asians at a Younger Age, almost 33% earlier |
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South Asians in the United States and in urban India suffer heart attacks at an earlier age, often without prior symptoms or warning. |
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A study among Asian Indian men showed that half of all heart attacks in this population occur under the age of 50 years, and 25% under the age of 40. |
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| CAD strikes South Asians Fatally |
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More than 30% of deaths from heart attacks in South Asians occur in those younger than 65 years of age, a rate double that of the U.S. national average. |
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British Heart Foundation statistics show that the death rate from coronary heart disease is 46% higher in South Asian men and 51% higher in South Asian women than the UK population as a whole. |
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| CAD is not Just a Disease for South Asian Men |
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South Asian women also have one of the highest mortality rates due to CAD. Recent findings from the 1990-2000 California Census data showed that all ethnic minority women were living longer except South Asian women. |
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| California Statistics |
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Asian Indians have the highest rates of hospitalization in California for CAD. At El Camino Hospital alone, over the past two years, a significant 5% of the patients that walked into the ER with a heart attack were South Asian, while the South Asian population of the area is just over 3%. |
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Visit www.cadiresearch.com for additional research and statistics on Asian Indians. |
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