CDC index -- Calendar -- Client stories -- Secretary’s message -- Director’s message -- Key priority one -- CDC throughout life -- Key priority two -- Key priority three -- CDC at a glance – Financials -- CDC contributions to progress on ten leading health indicators in fiscal year 2003.

2nd ed.

On cover: SARS, diabetes, monkeypox, obesity, West Nile virus, autism, HIV, environmental hazards, cancer, birth defects, injuries, and countless other reasons we exist.

In fiscal year 2003, the management structures of CDC’s sister agency, ATSDR (The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) and CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health consolidated, bringing together environmental health investigation and programmatic expertise. References to CDC’s environmental health activities in this report include ATSDR.

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