Resources
Online Data and Statistical
Resources
Interactive Maps
CDC's interactive maps present heart disease and stroke death rates,
county–by–county, for the state, racial/ethnic group, and gender of your
choice.
Go to the Interactive State Maps.
Heart Disease and Stroke Legislative
Database and Mapping Application
Search for state–level bills related to heart disease and stroke prevention
topics. Users of the database can also map the policies based on selected
criteria. This function allows the user to see a visual representation of
the policies nationwide with the ability to copy or print maps for other
uses.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Estimates of the prevalence of self–reported risk factors for stroke by
state and by selected metropolitan areas can be computed.
Go to the BRFSS Web site.
FASTATS
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics provides statistics from its
national databases. For stroke statistics, go to
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/stroke.htm.
Download Software from Epidemiologic Analysis
Epi Info is a public domain software system that puts computing power in the
hands of public health professionals. The programs make it easy to create a
database by designing a form or questionnaire, entering data in the database
and analyzing the results with appropriate epidemiologic statistics, tables,
maps and graphs. Go to Epi
Info.
Global Cardiovascular Infobase
An interactive Web site featuring epidemiologic profiles of cardiovascular
and cerebrovascular diseases in the world.
Go to the Infobase.*
*Links to non–Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
Page last reviewed: March 28, 2008
Page last modified: March 28, 2008
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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