What follows, in turn, is a look at the principal owners of BB&T's (NYSE:BBT) outstanding common stock. A broad overview. As you can see in the following chart, the majority of BB&T's 700 million shares are held by institutional investors.
Approximately 25,000 Americans die each year from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. More than 300,000 people are hospitalized each year due to cirrhosis. Approximately 5,000 liver transplants were performed in 2000. Because of the shortage of organs, it is estimated that nearly 1,700 prospective recipients died in 2001 while waiting for a liver for transplantation.
Heart Attack (myocardial infarction) Statistics of Heart Attack According to the Centers for Disease Control, the estimated number of incidence of Myocardial Infarction, or heart attack, in the US for 2012 was 715,000. If Cardiovascular Heart Disease deaths are added, the total number is 915,000. Of those, about 50% survive. Of the half who donât survive, about 50% donât make it to the hospital.