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State Program: Illinois
Capacity Building
The Illinois Department
of Public Health began receiving funds from CDC in 2000 to support a state
heart disease and stroke prevention program and in 2004 received additional
CDC funding to lead the Great
Lakes Regional Stroke Network.
Burden of Heart
Disease and Stroke
- Heart disease is the
leading cause of death in Illinois, accounting for 30,821 deaths or
approximately 29% of the state's deaths in 2002. (National Vital
Statistics Report 2004;53(5)).
- Stroke is the third
leading cause of death, accounting for 7,183 deaths or approximately 7% of
the state’s deaths in 2002. (National Vital Statistics Report
2004;53(5)).
- According to
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey results,
adults in Illinois reported the following risk factors for heart disease
and stroke:
In 2005,
- 25.5% had high blood
pressure
- 36.2% of those screened reported having high blood
cholesterol
In 2006,
- 8.1% had diabetes
- 20.5% were current
smokers
- 61.7% were
overweight or obese (Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)
- 22.4% reported no exercise in the prior 30 days
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate collaboration among public and private sector
partners, such as managed care organizations, health
insurers, federally funded health centers, businesses,
priority population organizations, and emergency response
agencies.
- Define the burden of heart disease and stroke and assess
existing population–based strategies for primary and
secondary prevention of heart disease and stroke within the
state.
- Develop and update a comprehensive state plan for heart
disease and stroke prevention with emphasis on heart–healthy
policies development, physical and social environments
change, and disparities elimination (e.g., based on
geography, gender, race or ethnicity, or socioeconomic
status).
- Identify culturally appropriate approaches to promote
heart disease and stroke prevention among racial, ethnic,
and other priority populations.
- Use population-based public health strategies to
increase public awareness of the signs and symptoms of heart
diseases and stroke, the urgency of early treatment for
heart disease and stroke,
and the need to call 9–1–1.
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State Highlights
- Illinois received CDC funding to lead the Great Lakes Regional Stroke
Network (GLRSN) which also includes Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
and Wisconsin. With emphasis on partnerships, education, training,
policy and systems–change strategies, the GLRSN network is expected to
increase the ability of members to work across state boundaries and
leverage efforts within the region to encourage stroke–related
activities.
- In 2006, the Illinois Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (HDSP),
in collaboration with partners, published Stroke = Brain Attack,
a rehabilitation, resource and information guide for stroke patients.
- The HDSP Program developed a burden report, Burden of Heart
Disease and Stroke in Illinois: Mortality, Morbidity, and Risk Factors,
to provide support for the development of a comprehensive state plan and
provide data that identifies highest-risk populations and opportunities
for intervention.
- In collaboration with its partners, the HDSP Program has sponsored
the Illinois Cardiovascular Health Conference and the Great Lakes
Regional Cardiovascular Health Conference. These conferences have
brought state-of-the-art heart disease and stroke information to health
practitioners, public health professionals, health educators and program
planners from throughout the state and the Great Lakes Region.
- The program provides technical assistance, training and support to
local health departments on activities such as promotion of High Blood
Pressure and Stroke Awareness Month in May and Cholesterol Awareness
Month in September.
For more information about the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke
Registry, see http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/stroke_registry.htm.
For more information on
the burden of heart disease and stroke in the state, view the Burden of
Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity in Illinois report at
http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/cvdtfrep.pdf.* (186K)
One or more of the
following files are available in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Learn more about
PDFs.
To view county–level
data, visit our interactive map site at
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/statemaps.htm.
*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:
December 5, 2007
Page last modified: December 5, 2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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