Starost također predstavlja faktor rizika za pojavu srčanog udara. Rizik od srčanog udara se povećava nakon 45. godine života kod muškaraca odnosno nakon 55. kod žena.

Referenca:
American Heart Association - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2015 - Annual number of adults per 1000 having diagnosed heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) by age and sex - https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_449846.pdf
Mayo clinic - Heart attack symptoms and causes - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/symptoms-causes/syc-20373106