This State Has the Worst Heart Health in America, According to Data
This state has the highest rate of heart disease, CDC data shows.

While the pandemic has been the most pressing health issue over the last year, that doesn't mean other serious health conditions and diseases are any less of a threat to our well-being. Heart disease, for example, is still the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In fact, recent data from the CDC and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) estimate about 15,334,000 Americans suffer from coronary heart disease, the most common—yet preventable—form of the condition.
With poor heart health being such a serious problem in the U.S., we wanted to see where exactly the condition runs most rampant. To do this, we used the CDC and NIH data on the number of residents in each state who have coronary heart disease and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau to calculate cases of coronary heart disease per capita (or, per 100,000 residents in each state). We included both figures below, but ranked the states based on the per capita rate in each state. Read on to discover the state with the worst heart health in America, and for a way to measure your risk, check out If You Can't Do This in 90 Seconds, Your Heart Is in Danger, Study Says.
50
Utah

Residents with heart disease: 89,000
Heart disease per capita: 2,776.08
49
Alaska

Residents with heart disease: 22,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,007.33
48
Colorado

Residents with heart disease: 180,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,125.69
47
California

Residents with heart disease: 1,423,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,601.42
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46
Connecticut

Residents with heart disease: 131,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,674.32
45
Maryland

Residents with heart disease: 234,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,870.53
44
Hawaii

Residents with heart disease: 55,000
Heart disease per capita: 3,884.53
43
Minnesota

Residents with heart disease: 232,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,113.74
42
New Mexico

Residents with heart disease: 88,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,196.81
41
Wisconsin

Residents with heart disease: 245,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,207.86
40
Texas

Residents with heart disease: 1,237,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,266.12
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39
Washington

Residents with heart disease: 327,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,294.22
38
Nebraska

Residents with heart disease: 84,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,342.41
37
Virginia

Residents with heart disease: 372,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,358.26
36
Illinois

Residents with heart disease: 558,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,403.47
35
North Dakota

Residents with heart disease: 34,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,461.58
34
New Hampshire

Residents with heart disease: 61,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,486.25
33
Wyoming

Residents with heart disease: 26,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,492.37
32
Kansas

Residents with heart disease: 134,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,599.57
31
Idaho

Residents with heart disease: 83,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,644.49
30
New York

Residents with heart disease: 913,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,693.23
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29
New Jersey

Residents with heart disease: 420,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,728.56
28
Iowa

Residents with heart disease: 150,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,754.25
27
Oregon

Residents with heart disease: 203,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,813.01
26
Rhode Island

Residents with heart disease: 51,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,814.22
25
Massachusetts

Residents with heart disease: 332,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,816.83
24
Georgia

Residents with heart disease: 515,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,850.52
23
Arizona

Residents with heart disease: 356,000
Heart disease per capita: 4,890.97
22
South Dakota

Residents with heart disease: 45,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,086.71
21
Pennsylvania

Residents with heart disease: 667,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,210.13
20
North Carolina

Residents with heart disease: 548,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,224.98
19
Montana

Residents with heart disease: 56,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,239.63
18
Michigan

Residents with heart disease: 528,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,286.95
17
Louisiana

Residents with heart disease: 253,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,442.27
16
Delaware

Residents with heart disease: 53,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,442.80
15
Vermont

Residents with heart disease: 34,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,448.81
14
Indiana

Residents with heart disease: 370,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,495.96
13
Nevada

Residents with heart disease: 170,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,519.20
12
Florida

Residents with heart disease: 1,202,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,596.49
11
Missouri

Residents with heart disease: 352,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,735.30
10
Ohio

Residents with heart disease: 677,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,791.72
9
South Carolina

Residents with heart disease: 299,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,807.28
8
Tennessee

Residents with heart disease: 407,000
Heart disease per capita: 5,959.73
7
Mississippi

Residents with heart disease: 181,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,081.68
6
Oklahoma

Residents with heart disease: 244,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,166.33
5
Alabama

Residents with heart disease: 316,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,444.79
4
Maine

Residents with heart disease: 87,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,472.19
3
Kentucky

Residents with heart disease: 307,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,871.59
2
Arkansas

Residents with heart disease: 209,000
Heart disease per capita: 6,925.57
1
West Virginia

Residents with heart disease: 168,000
Heart disease per capita: 9,374.23
And for more on where in the U.S. there's a different kind of risk, check out This Is the Most Dangerous Small Town in America, According to Data.