CDC: 10 States With the Highest Heart Disease Prevalence

1. Kentucky - 8.2%
2. West Virginia - 8%
3. Louisiana - 7.8%
4. Oklahoma - 7.6%
5. Alabama - 7.4%
6. Mississippi - 7.4%
7. Arkansas - 7.1%
8. Michigan - 7.1%
9. Indiana - 6.9%
10. Tennessee - 6.9%

Notes: Weighted estimates, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population; Respondents were asked, "Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had angina or coronary heart disease?" and "Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?" Refused, don't know, and missing responses were excluded from analysis.
Source: Center for Disease Control
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6040a1.htm?s_cid=...

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