Explain how age affects the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Excluding the congenital heart defects, the prevalence of CVD in the United States increases with age. For persons between the ages of 40-59 years old (the "baby boomers"), 39.6% of men and 39.6% of women have CVD. For persons between the ages of 60-79 years old, the rate has almost doubled to 73.6% of men and 73.1% of women with CVD. Over 40 million American adults with CVD are over the age of 60 years. The prevalence of stroke also increases with age, ranging from around 2% among persons 40-59 to 7.5% among persons 60-79 and over 14% among persons 80 years of age or older.
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