Cardiovascular disease mortality trends for males & females (United States: 1979-2008)
As you can see in this slide, deaths from cardiovascular disease have actually declined over the past few decades, but in 2008 over 30%, or about one in every three deaths in the United States were still attributable to cardiovascular disease, so it's still a huge problem, although we have seen some declines in the prevalence over the past few decades.