PHIT Score ยท Cardiovascular Burden

National Heart Disease & Cardiac Rehab Overview

State-level cardiac mortality, MI incidence, cardiac rehab utilization, GDMT adherence, and the rural-cardiac care gap powering the FFH PHIT Score Cardiovascular sub-indicator. Data sourced from CDC WONDER, AHA Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics, and Million Hearts.

695K
Cardiovascular deaths/year
805K
U.S. heart attacks/year
$252B
Annual U.S. cost
28%
Cardiac rehab utilization
33%
Mortality reduction with CR

Key Facts

The numbers that show why this condition matters โ€” sourced from federal surveillance and peer-reviewed evidence.

1 in 5
Deaths from heart disease
CDC โ€” #1 cause of U.S. mortality.
33%
Mortality reduction
AHA โ€” completing cardiac rehab vs not.
72%
No-show rate
AHRQ โ€” cardiac rehab referrals not attended.
$33K
Lifetime savings / CR completer
Million Hearts โ€” per-patient ROI.
Rural 2.5ร—
Worse cardiac mortality
CDC WONDER โ€” rural vs urban gap.
39%
GDMT-eligible on triple therapy
ACC/AHA โ€” guideline-directed med gap.

PHIT Score Preview

How this condition contributes to The Force for Health Population Health Intelligence Technology (PHIT) score โ€” the composite that lets a chamber, payer, or community see their burden + leverage at a glance.

Heart Disease / Cardiac Rehab PHIT Sub-Score PREVIEW
61
/ 100
This is the illustrative composite for a benchmark U.S. county. Click in for the full PHIT Scorecard to see your own region.
Cardiac rehab enrollment
28%
โ†‘ trending
GDMT adherence (1-yr)
61%
โ†‘ trending
BP control (<140/90)
48%
โ†‘ trending
Statin therapy (eligible)
73%
โ†‘ trending

Walk it in 6 vantage points ยท 5 minutes each

The Force for Health Population Health Poppy Powertool turns this overview into a 6-mission scenario set. Same patient โ€” David, 58, post-MI โ€” viewed from every seat at the table. Pick yours:

Partner with FFH on the Cardiovascular PHIT Push

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Data Sources