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• Online Resources
• Fact Sheets
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reviews (MMWRs)
• Guidelines and Recommendations
• Heart Health Declarations
• Public Health Programs
• Other Resources Related to Heart Disease

Heart Disease Resources

Online Resources

Interactive Maps

CDC's interactive maps present heart disease and stroke mortality rates, county–by–county, for the state, selected racial/ethnic group, and gender of your choice.

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.

CDCynergy Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Online Training Module

CDCynergy is an interactive training and decision-support tool. It is designed to help CDC staff and public health professionals systematically plan communication programs within a health context. It allows users to assemble the pieces of a health communication plan systematically by answering questions in a specific sequence.

The Roadmap: A Systematic Approach to State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Programs

The Roadmap is a Web-based resource for training and information to help build the competencies needed by state Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Program Coordinators. It provides suggested steps for carrying out requirements of the HDSP Program as well as easy online access to training, tools, and other resources needed for successful program development and implementation. The Roadmap offers information on four key areas of programmatic activities for developing and implementing a heart disease and stroke prevention program, including What to Do and How to Do It.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Estimates of the prevalence of self–reported risk factors for heart disease and stroke by state can be computed online from CDC's state–based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

FASTATS

The National Center for Health Statistics provides CDC's statistics on a number of health topics from its national databases.

Global Cardiovascular Infobase*

An interactive Web site featuring epidemiologic profiles of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the world.

G8 Telematics Project*

The G8 Promoting Heart Health initiative aims at disseminating best practices for implementing cardiovascular disease preventive interventions.

Fact Sheets

• Atrial Fibrillation Fact Sheet
• Cholesterol Fact Sheet
• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Addresses High Blood Cholesterol
• Heart Disease Fact Sheet
• Men and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
• Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
• Heart Failure Fact Sheet
• Know the Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack
• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Addresses Heart Attack Prevention
• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program in Health Care Settings to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Addresses Cardiac Rehabilitation
• High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Addresses High Blood Pressure
• Pulmonary Hypertension Fact Sheet

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reviews (MMWRs): Recent Examples

• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates* of Death from Heart Disease, by Race and Sex—United States, 1979—2006 (July, 2008)
• Disparities in Adult Awareness of Heart Attack Warning Signs and Symptoms—14 States, 2005 (February, 2008)
• American Heart Month—February 2008 (February, 2008)
• Receipt of Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Heart Attack Survivors—United States, 2005 (February, 2008)
• Prevalence of Self-Reported Cardiovascular Disease Among Persons Aged >35 Years with Diabetes—United States, 1997-2005 (November, 2007)
• Prevalence of Heart Disease—United States, 2005 (February, 2007)
• State–Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults—United States, 2005 (September, 2006)
• Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance—United States, 1980–2002; MMWR Surveillance Summary (November 2005)
• Trends in Cholesterol Screening and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol—United States, 1991–2003 (September 9, 2005)
• Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke—United States, 2003 (February 11, 2005)
• Disparities in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol—United States, 1999–2002 (February 11, 2005)
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension—United States, 1999–2002 (January 14, 2005)

Guidelines and Recommendations

• The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure from the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute Web site.
• Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) from the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute Web site.
• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Web site.
• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
  This report brings together, for the first time, what has been learned about physical activity and health from decades of research.
• Surgeon General's Reports Related to Tobacco Use
  List of reports concerning smoking and health, including reports on tobacco use among ethnic groups and young people.
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
  An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.

Heart Health Declarations

One or more of the following files are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). Learn more about PDFs.

CDC has collaborated on several international heart health declarations. These are available as PDF files on Canada's Heart Health Initiative* Web site.

• International Action on Cardiovascular Disease: A Platform for Success Based on International Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Declarations* [PDF–1.3M] (2005)
• The Milan Declaration—Positioning Technology to Serve Global Heart Health [PDF–419K] (2005)
• The Osaka Declaration—Health Economics and Political Action: Stemming the Tide of Cardiovascular Disease* [PDF–1M] (2001)
• Science and Policy in Action: The 2000 Victoria Declaration—Women, Heart Disease and Stroke* [PDF–2M] (2001)
• The Catalonia Declaration—Investing in Heart Health* [PDF–2M] (1995)
• The First International Heart Health Declaration—The Victoria Declaration on Heart Health* [PDF–980K] (1992)

Public Health Programs

• Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke: Addressing the Nation's Leading Killers
  Among both men and women, and across all racial and ethnic groups, cardiovascular disease is our nation's leading killer.
• Prevention Works: CDC Strategies for a Heart–Healthy and Stroke–Free America
  This briefing document is intended to provide a snapshot of heart disease and stroke prevention at CDC. It also provides information on the health and economic costs of chronic diseases to our nation and outlines CDC's prevention strategies.
• A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
  Purpose of the plan: To chart a course for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and collaborating public health agencies, with all interested partners and the public at large, to help in promoting achievement of national goals for preventing heart disease and stroke over the next two decades–through 2020 and beyond.
• A Communication Guide for Policy and Environmental Change
• CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Evaluation Framework

Other Resources Related to Heart Disease

• American Heart Association*
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association*
• Heart Failure Society of America*
• CDC's Office of Global Health
• ProCOR*
  This moderated electronic conference is dedicated to the global cardiovascular epidemic, especially in developing countries and serves as a forum for dialogue and exchange of information.
• World Health Organization*
• WHO's cardiovascular disease program*
• World Health Report*
• SuRF (Surveillance of Risk Factors) Report*
• Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Risk*
• Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion*
• Pan American Health Organization*
• Canada's Heart Health Initiative*
• International Heart Health Society*

* 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.