It has been shocking at the percentage of heart disease in race and ethnicity, especially when you add in all the factors. These factors are the causes of heart disease like genetics, smoking, diet, exercise, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. 

American white women are the greatest in the United States to get heart disease. But are one of the lowest in the world. African American Women hold the highest
Rate in heart disease and are less likely to try to prevent this disease.

40% of both African American men and women have some sort of heart disease.

White Americans are 30% for men and 24% for women who will die or suffer from heart disease.         

Heart disease affects more than one quarter of Mexican American men and women.

People of Japanese descent are less likely to die from Heart Disease.

While was used to be the lowest percentage from our ancestors of white Americans to die or have heart disease. We are now one of the highest.