Heart Disease and Stroke
Below are links to information related to heart disease and stroke. Click on the right menu or scroll down to view general information and programs, research, statistics and guidelines on this topic.
General Information and Programs
Fast Stats A-Z: Heart Disease Statistics
Fast Stats A-Z: Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease Statistics
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
National Wear Red Day (NIH)
Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack
Signs and Symptoms of a Stroke
Wear It Well: Women and Heart Disease Prevention
WISEWOMAN - Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation
Research
2012
Hear Andrea’s Story (video) (3/30/2012)
Andrea once heard her life counted in minutes. She had a heart attack at 35. After surviving, but losing her unborn baby, she is helping to educate other women like her about the signs of heart disease.
CDC Grand Rounds: Dietary Sodium Reduction - Time for Choice (3/8/2012)
Reducing sodium intake to 2,300 mg/day potentially could prevent 11 million cases of hypertension and save billions of dollars in health-care expenditures; reducing sodium intake further would yield additional benefits.
Where’s the Sodium? There's Too Much in Many Common Foods (3/8/2012)
About 90% of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended for a healthy diet.
Be One in a Million this American Heart Month (1/31/2012)
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2,200 deaths per day.
2011
Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease - United States, 2006-2010 (11/3/2011)
Although self-reported CHD prevalence declined overall, substantial differences in prevalence existed by age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and state of residence.
Million Hearts Goal to Prevent a Million Heart Attacks and Strokes in Five Years (11/3/2011)
Among the actions available today to reduce stroke and heart attacks, Million Hearts seeks to improve clinical care by helping patients learn and follow their ABCS: aspirin for people at risk, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation.
Genomics and Heart Disease (2/28/2011)
Having close biological relatives with heart disease can increase your risk of developing this disease. Family health history offers important information to help you and your family members understand health risks and prevent disease.
2010
Know Your
Cholesterol Numbers (8/31/10)
Children, young adults and older Americans can have high cholesterol. Learn how
to prevent high cholesterol and know what your cholesterol levels mean.
Hypertension,
High Serum Total Cholesterol, and Diabetes: Racial and Ethnic Prevalence
Differences in U.S. Adults, 1999-2006 (4/30/10)
Forty-five percent of adults had at least one of three diagnosed or
undiagnosed chronic conditions--hypertension, hypercholesterolemia,
or diabetes; one in eight adults (13%) had two of these conditions;
and 3% of adults had all three chronic conditions.
Mortality
from Major Cardiovascular Diseases: United States, 2007 (4/1/10)
For all categories of major cardiovascular disease deaths shown, males
had a higher age-adjusted death rate than females. The death rate for
males dying from major cardiovascular diseases (the larger category
containing all other subcategories) is 42 percent higher than the rate
for females (297.7 compared with 209.9 deaths per 100,000 standard
population).
2009
WISEWOMAN Highlighted in Success Story Report
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the second in a series of
health care success story reports that document innovative programs
and initiatives that can serve as models for a reformed American
health care system. The report highlights the Nebraska WISEWOMAN
program. WISEWOMAN is a community intervention program funded by
CDC that helps prevent heart disease and stroke by providing screenings
and counseling for low-income women.
Heart Disease
and Stroke in Women Podcast (5/15/09)
This women's health podcast focuses on the impact of heart disease and stroke
in women and includes steps to prevent these conditions.
Arthritis
as a Potential Barrier to Physical Activity among Adults With Heart
Disease- United States, 2005 and 2007 (2/27/09)
The results indicated that, for the 2 years combined, arthritis affected
57.4% of adults with heart disease (HD), compared with 27.4% of adults
in the general population. Among adults with HD, the likelihood of
physical inactivity was 30% greater compared with that of persons with
HD but without arthritis, when adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity,
education level, and body mass index.
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