Tools
These tools can be used to help with heart disease and stroke prevention programs development and implementation. Tools include checklists, wizards, surveys, fact sheets, and atlases developed by the CDC, the American Heart Association, or other private organizations and federal agencies.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Atlases – Heart Disease and Stroke Maps |
Interactive maps and atlases on heart disease and stroke mortality rates; heart disease statistics by ethnic group; stroke mortality based on racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities; and inequalities in women’s and men’s heart disease death rates for the five major racial and ethnic groups.
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) County Level Variables |
A county-level data set to supplement the BRFSS public use data file. Use this tool to identify current county-level variables likely to be correlated with BRFSS core health outcomes.
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BRFSS Selected Metropolitan / Micropolitan Area Risk Trends |
The BRFSS is an on-going data collection program that can be used to identify emerging health problems and track health objectives.
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Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors |
Information on the burden of chronic diseases and their risk factors in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Download or order.
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CDCynergy-HDSP Edition |
A performance support tool for effective health communication.
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Cholesterol Topics |
Facts, statistics, and resources about high blood cholesterol and heart disease.
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Chronic Disease Cost Calculator |
A tool to provide state estimates of Medicaid spending for six chronic diseases: congestive heart failure, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, cancer, and diabetes. |
Epi Info |
A public domain software system for epidemiologists and public health professionals to develop epidemiologic statistics, tables, maps and graphs. Download.
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