What to expect with angina:
- About 10 percent of people with angina will have a heart attack at a later date.
- About one third of those who suffer a heart attack die. The majority of deaths occur before the victim reaches the hospital.
- More than 90 percent of those who make it to the hospital during a heart attack will survive.
- About 88 percent of heart attack survivors under age 65 return to work within three months.
- About 25 percent of men die within a year after a heart attack.
- About 38 percent of women die within a year after a heart attack.
- Within 6 years of a heart attack:
- 18 percent of men and 34 percent of women have a second heart attack.
- 7 percent of men and 6 percent of women experience sudden death.
- 22 percent of men and 46 percent of women suffer from heart failure.
- 8 percent of men and 11 percent of women have a stroke.
