Almost 697,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2020 were attributable to heart disease.  In the six-state New England region, heart disease accounted for 28,580 deaths in 2020.  At 192.5 heart disease deaths per 100,000 population, the New England region had the fourth-lowest regional heart disease death rate in 2020.  Similar to a pattern seen throughout the U.S., the heart disease death rate for females in the region was considerably lower than it was for males.  That said, males and females in New England both had heart disease death rates per 100,000 population that were below the national average for their respective genders.  Further review of data from the National Center for Health Statistics provides the following revelations about male vs. female heart disease death rates in New England:

Male vs. Female Heart Disease Death Rates in New England

	Deaths	Population	Death Rate*
Regionwide	28,580	14,847,468	192.5
Male	15,387	7,242,931	212.4
Female	13,193	7,604,537	173.5
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:  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

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 3, 2023