HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION PROGRAM
Data & Reports: National Data Sources
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National data on heart disease and stroke are available from a variety of sources. The Utah Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program frequently consults the data sources below.

 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  

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www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/statistics.htm

Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Facts and Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/stroke.htm

Heart Disease and Stroke Maps
www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System  

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.
www.cdc.gov/brfss/

 
   
American Heart Association  

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update
www.heart.org/HEARTORG/General/Heart-and-Stroke-Association-Statistics_UCM_319064_SubHomePage.jsp

 
   
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health  
 

Data/Statistics
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=2