Map of all City Municipalities in Slovenia. A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws, to which it is subordinate.
Heart Disease in the United States. 1  About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every yearâthatâs 1 in every 4 deaths.1. 2  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.
U.S. Statistics. 1  Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. More than 140,000 people die each year from stroke in the United States. 2  Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. 3  Each year, approximately 795,000 people suffer a stroke. About 600,000 of these are first attacks, and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65. The risk of having a stroke more than doubles each decade after the age of 55. Strokes can and do occur at ANY age. Nearly one fourth of strokes occur in people under the age of 65. Stroke death rates are higher for African-Americans than for whites, even at younger ages.