Out-of Hospital Cardiac Arrest By the Numbers

295,000 ⁽¹⁾: Annual incidence
8 ⁽¹⁾ - 9.6% ⁽²⁾: Rate of survival to hospital discharge

5,760 ⁽¹⁾: Annual incidence in youth <18
6% ⁽¹⁾: Rate of survival to hospital discharge

64 ⁽²⁾: Mean age of victims

61% ⁽²⁾: Proportion of victims who are male

36.7% ⁽¹⁾ - 47.3% ⁽²⁾: Proportion of cases witnessed by a bystander

31⁽¹⁾ - 33% ⁽²⁾: Proportion of OCHA victims who receive CPR

2⁽¹⁾ - 3.7%⁽²⁾: Proportion of OCHA victims who are treated with an AED before EMS arrival

Compiled by Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, www.sca-aware.org

References

⁽¹⁾ Heart & Stroke Statistics 2010 Update: A report from the American Heart Association. DOI:10.1161/Circulationaha.109192667. Published online Dec 17, 2009.

⁽²⁾ McNally, B, et al. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Surveillance --- Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005--December 31, 2010. July 29, 2011 / 60(SS08);1-19