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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.