In 2020, there were 696,962 heart disease deaths in the United States, about 5.8% more than the prior year.  The Mid-Eastern U.S., a region comprised of five states and the District of Columbia, recorded nearly 117,400 heart disease deaths in 2020.  With 240.7 heart disease deaths per 100,000 population, about 13.8% above the national average, the Mid-Eastern U.S. had one of the highest regional heart disease death rates in the country in 2020.  Further examination of state-level data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics provides the following details about heart disease death rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Heart Disease Death Rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

State	Deaths	Population	Death Rate*
Delaware	2,171	986,809	220.0
District of Columbia	1,350	712,816	189.4
Maryland	12,624	6,055,802	208.5
New Jersey	19,744	8,882,371	222.3
New York	48,546	19,336,776	251.1
Pennsylvania	32,936	12,783,254	257.6
Region	117,371	48,757,828	240.7
U.S.	696,962	329,484,123	211.5

(*) number of heart disease deaths per 100,000 population

Report Period: 2020

Source: CDC Wonder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed on June 4, 2022