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.
About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every yearâthatâs 1 in every 4 deaths. 1 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men. 1 Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people annually. 1