Prevalence of uncontrolled risk factors for cardiovascular disease; United States, 1999-2010

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• Personal Author:
  Chen, Te-Ching ; Fryar, Cheryl D. ; Li, Xianfe.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking are all risk factors that could lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. The recently announced Million Hearts Initiative is aimed at preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next 5 years. This report expands on results previously published by presenting the most recent prevalence estimates and trends of uncontrolled high blood pressure, uncontrolled high levels of low-density lipoproteins cholesterol (LDL-C), and current cigarette smoking among adults aged 20 and over.
  
  CDC-INFO Pub ID 221346
  
  
• Content Notes:
  221346
  
  Cheryl D. Fryar, Te-Ching Chen, and Xianfen Li.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Cardiovascular Diseases Cholesterol, LDL Epidemiology Ethnology Hypertension Nutrition Surveys Risk Factors Smoking
• Source:
  NCHS data brief ; no. 103 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2012-1209
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 7 p : col. charts ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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