CDC Activities to Reduce the Stroke
Burden
CDC’s Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention Program
CDC currently funds health departments in 32 states and the District
of Columbia to develop effective strategies to reduce the burden of heart
disease and stroke and related risk factors. This program emphasizes the
need for policy and program changes that promote heart-healthy and
stroke-free living and working conditions. For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/cvh/state_program/index.htm.
Paul Coverdell
National Acute Stroke Registry
CDC established the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry in 2001
and currently funds pilot programs in eight states (California, Georgia,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon) to
design and test prototypes to assess acute stroke care in these states.
Registry data will help state health departments and hospitals develop
plans to reduce death and disability from stroke and improve quality of
life for survivors.
Stroke Networks
Stroke networks
allow state health departments and their partners to share and coordinate
prevention activities and advocacy strategies. CDC supports the Tri-State
Stroke Network in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina and the
Delta State Stroke Consortium in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Tennessee.
Atlas of Stroke
Mortality: Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in the United States
This publication is the third in a series of CDC atlases related to
cardiovascular disease. It presents, for the first time, an extensive
series of national and state maps depicting disparities in county-level
stroke death rates for the five largest U.S. racial and ethnic groups.
This information will help health professionals and concerned citizens
tailor prevention policies and programs to communities with the greatest
burden of stroke. An interactive version of the atlas is available at
www.cdc.gov/cvh/maps.
For More Information
For more information
about stroke warning signs, risk factors, prevention, treatment, and new
research, please visit the following Web sites of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners.
CDC's Cardiovascular
Health Program
http://www.cdc.gov/cvh
American Heart
Association
http://www.americanheart.org*
American Stroke
Association
http://www.strokeassociation.org*
National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org*
Brain Attack
Coalition
http://www.stroke-site.org*
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov
National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Download Fact Sheet
This document
is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). Learn
more about PDFs.
Stroke Fact Sheet (PDF – 702k)
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