Heart Attacks In Australia

Each year around 55,000 Australians suffer a heart attack.

• This equates to around 150 heart attacks a day, or one heart attack every 10 minutes.

• Four Australian men have a heart attack every hour.

• One man dies of a heart attack every two hours in Australia.

• If you are male, 40 and live in Australia, your chance of having a heart attack by the age of 70 years is one in two.

• Women are largely surprised and unaware that they are also at risk of a heart attack. However, almost half of all deaths from heart attacks in 2010 were women.

• If you are female, 40 and live in Australia, your chance of having a heart attack by the age of 70 years is one in three.

Source: Heart Foundation Australia, 2014