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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors
 

National and State Perspectives
This document provides updated information on the prevalence of selected chronic diseases and their risk factors in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Scroll down to view the information by disease and risk factor, or click on the map at right to view by state.

This report is available in Portable Document Format (PDF 1.53 mb). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
 

Preface

Section I
The Burden of Chronic Diseases as Causes of Death, United States

Tables and Figures

Section II
The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cancer

Diabetes
   
Section III
Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

Cigarette Smoking

Lack of Physical Activity

Poor Nutrition

Overweight

Lack of Mammography Screening

Lack of Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy

Lack of Fecal Occult Blood Test

Lack of Health Insurance

Section IV
 Chronic Diseases, Risk Factors, and Preventive Services, by State

Section V
The Burden of Arthritis, United States

The Burden of Arthritis as a Cause of Disability

Section VI
Appendix

CDC’s Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Grants to States

Technical Notes

For more information or additional copies of this document, please contact the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Mail Stop K–40,
4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
(770) 488-5706
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Previous Editions

Chronic Diseases and their Risk Factors:
The Nation's Leading Causes of Death, 1999

Chronic Diseases and their Risk Factors:
The Nation's Leading Causes of Death, 1998
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