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Roughly 25% of males in the US 35-44 had hypertension in 2010, and this grows to over 50% by 55-64, an age I don't think anyone would consider especially old: h

Roughly 25% of males in the US 35-44 had hypertension in 2010, and this grows to over 50% by 55-64, an age I don't think anyone would consider especially old: https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_319587.pdf https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd... Basically everyone who dies from this has a preexisting condition, but basically everyone in the US will develop at least one of the big three (hypertension, diabetes, or obesity) at some point.

nradov 7y ago
Fortunately those conditions are preventable in the majority of cases.
- kitotik 6y ago
  You are correct, it is possible to prevent some of those conditions in some (but not all) future cases. Kinda sucks if you have any of those conditions right now though.
  - whb07 6y ago
    We don’t cry about the millions of heart attacks that are easily prevented. We definitely don’t Give a damn about some person dying of cancer when they are smokers. Why are we drawing a distinction here? You chose to eat X and not exercise for years/decades. A middle class American has enough education and purchasing power to know and behave accordingly. Does it suck? Yes, but i find it incredibly unfair and hypocritical towards the rest of the world by ruining their lives based on the extremely old and or fat/unhealthy population.