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Preventing Chronic Diseases: Investing Wisely in Health

Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke

“Heart Disease Death Rates by County, Adults Aged 35 Years and Older, 2000–2004”

Heart Disease Death Rates for 2000 through 2004 of Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease rates – meaning the top quintile – are located in Appalachia, along the southeastern coastal plains, inland through the southern regions of Georgia and Alabama, and up the Mississippi River Valley.

 

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Page last modified: August 27, 2008
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