Without an adequate flow of blood, these cells can become injured or die. When this occurs, immediate emergency treatment is necessary to stop the injury from widening, killing additional heart cells, and increasing the risk of complications or death. Age-adjusted CHD mortality in New York for ages 35 and over is highest in the nation. Most of the excess in New York s CHD mortality occurs for ages 65 and over. CHD is the single largest killer of New York State Residents.
Heart attack is the leading cause of death among women in New York.
88 percent of New Yorkers who die of CHD mortality were age 65 or older in 1995.