The U.S. recorded over 696,900 deaths in 2020 that were attributable to heart disease.  The seven-state Great Plains region accounted for 45,060 of those heart disease deaths in 2020.   At  209.8 heart disease deaths per 100,000 population, the region had the fourth-highest regional heart disease death rate in 2020.  As seen throughout the U.S., the heart disease death rate for women in the Great Plains region was notably lower than the male rate.  The heart disease death rate for men in the region was slightly better than it was for males nationally, whereas the death rate for women in the region was slightly worse than for females nationally. Further examination of data from the National Center for Health Statistics yields the following details about male vs. female heart disease death rates in the Great Plains region:

Male vs. Female Heart Disease Death Rates in the Great Plains Region

	Deaths	Population	Death Rate*
Regionwide	45,060	21,481,834	209.8
Male	24,559	10,673,839	230.1
Female	20,501	10,807,995	189.7
Nationwide	696,962	329,484,123	211.5
Male	382,776	162,256,202	235.9
Female	314,186	167,227,921	187.9

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

Report Period: 2020

States in Region:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota

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 April 15, 2023