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Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke

• The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
  An estimated 17 million people worldwide die of cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks and strokes.
   
• Data Set Directory of Social Determinants of Health at the Local Level
  There is widespread interest in the role of social health determinants at the local level. The directory contains an extensive list of data sets that can be used to address these determinants.
   
• Selected Reprints from the MMWR, 1994–2004
  A collection of 75 reprints published from 1994 through 2004 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) related to heart disease and stroke.
   
• The Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in the United States
  The third in a series of CDC atlases related to cardiovascular disease, published through a collaboration between CDC and West Virginia University.
   
• Men and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
   
• Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality (Second Edition)
   
• The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004
  A report intended to aid policy makers, the public health community, and all others interested in addressing the burden of chronic disease in the United States.

Guidelines and Recommendations

• Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association*  Published in the journal Circulation. 
   
• 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.
   

Public Health Programs

• A Communication Guide for Policy and Environmental Change
  June 2004
   
• CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Evaluation Framework
  June 2004
   
• Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
  A Public Health Framework For Action
  2003 Department of Health and Human Services
   
• Worldwide Efforts to Improve Heart Health: A Follow-up of the Catalonia Declaration (PDF-998K)
  Selected program descriptions showing how groups and individuals in varied settings around the globe have forged alliances to prevent, reduce, or control the spread of cardiovascular disease.
   

Other Publications

• Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Range of Effective Public Health Strategies, Part 2
  Preventing Chronic Disease e-journal, April 2004
   
• Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Range of Effective Public Health Strategies, Part 1
  Preventing Chronic Disease e-journal, January 2004
   
• Policy and Environmental Indicators for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Data Sources in Two States
  Preventing Chronic Disease e-journal, April 2004

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