How Much Do You Know About Heart Health?

What do you know about your heart other than it beats to keep you alive? Here are some questions for you – some obscure and some you should know.

1. How many times does your heart beat in one day, on average?
2. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States – yes or no.
3. Your heart is on the A) left side of your chest; B) right side of your chest; C) middle of your chest.
4. Every A) 20 seconds; B) 20 minutes; C) hour, someone in the United States has a heart attack
5. The adult heart pumps about A) 1 quart; B) 5 quarts; C)  8 quarts of blood each minute.
6. Approximately A) 2,000 gallons; B) 2,500 gallons; C) 5,000 gallons of blood are pumped through the adult body each day.
7. The average male heart weighs how much?
8. The average female heart weighs how much?
9. What does an electrocardiograph measure?
10. When was the electrocardiograph invented?

Bonus question: Do you know what your heart attack risk is?

Answers:

1. Your heart beats, on average, about 100,00 times per day.
2. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
3. Your heart is really in the center of your chest, but it is tipped a bit to the left, which is why it is easier to hear the heart sounds on that side.
4. Every 20 seconds, someone in the United States had a heart attack.
5. The adult heart pumps about 5 quarts of blood every minute.
6. The adult heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood per day.
7. The average male heart weighs about 10 ounces.
8. The average female heart weighs about 8 ounces.
9. An electrocardiograph (electrocardiogram) measures the electrical activity in the heart.
10. The electrocardiograph was invented in 1902.

Bonus question: Take this quick quiz to see what your heart attack risk is.

So, how did you do?

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