Heart attacks aren’t as fatal as they used to be
Vox Open Sourced
JULY 5, 2025
According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association , the proportion of all deaths attributable to heart attacks plummeted by nearly 90 percent between 1970 and 2022. By my calculations, the improvements in preventing and treating heart attacks between 1970 and 2022 have likely saved tens of millions of lives.
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