February is National Heart Month and the American Heart Association says Kentucky has many risk factors for heart disease. Heart disease challenges cancer as the number one cause of death in the Commonwealth. The American Heart Association says about 24-percent of deaths in Kentucky are caused by cancer with 23-percent caused by heart disease. Many adults in Kentucky have significant risk factors as about 29-percent of adults smoke and over 66-percent are overweight or obese.
February is National Heart Month
