At what age do people have heart attacks?

At what age do people have heart attacks?

Heart attacks can happen in a wide variety of age groups. Obviously, the older you are, the higher the risk. There are also a number of inherited familial disorders, such as lipid disorders or cholesterol disorders, that can make patients significantly at risk of a heart attack at a young age, even at the age of 30-35 years old. Other considerations, or other risk factors of arterial disease, such as cigarette smoking and diabetes, also make patients at high risk of a heart attack at a young age. Generally though, heart attacks happen in an older age group and the older you are, the higher the risk.