The data displays the death rate from diseases of the heart in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015. In 2000, there were 257.6 deaths per 100,000 population. By 2015, this figured had decreased to 168.5 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Heart diseases in the United States
The number of deaths caused by heart disease has decreased in the U.S. from 321.8 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 168.5 deaths per 100,000 population in 2015. Nevertheless, heart disease is still one of the leading causes of death in the country, followed closely by cancer, which has a mortality rate of 158.
