As a result of the slave trade, five times as many Africans arrived in the Americas than Europeans. Slaves were needed on plantations and for mines and the majority was shipped to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Spanish Empire.t is estimated that during the 4 1/2 centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Portugal was responsible for transporting over 4.5 million Africans (roughly 40% of the total).
Approximately 84 million people in this country suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, causing about 2,200 deaths a day, averaging one death every 40 seconds. Almost one out of every three deaths results from cardiovascular disease.The direct and indirect costs of cardiovascular disease and stroke are about $315 billion. This figure is increasing every year. An estimated 15 million U.S. adults have coronary heart disease.ardiovascular disease is the cause of more deaths than cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents combined. It is a myth that heart disease is a man's disease.
1 Over the past 10 years, the death rate from stroke has fallen about 36 percent and the number of stroke deaths has dropped about 23 percent. 2  About 795,000 people have a stroke every year. 3  Someone in the U.S. has a stroke about once every 40 seconds. More than 787,000 people in the U.S. died from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in 2010. 2  Thatâs about one of every three deaths in America. 3  About 2,150 Americans die each day from these diseases, one every 40 seconds. 4  Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.