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CDC: 10 States With the Highest Heart Disease Prevalence
Submitted By jbyous, Created 10/17/2011 - 13:13
- Kentucky - 8.2%
- West Virginia - 8%
- Louisiana - 7.8%
- Oklahoma - 7.6%
- Alabama - 7.4%
- Mississippi - 7.4%
- Arkansas - 7.1%
- Michigan - 7.1%
- Indiana - 6.9%
- Tennessee - 6.9%
Source: Center for Disease Control
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6040a1.htm?s_cid=...
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.