| Notes: | Fact sheet released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (OSELS) in association with: Vital signs: Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension--United States, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008, published: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ;v. 60, no. 4, p. 103-108; and: Vital signs: Prevalence, treatment, and control of high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol--United States, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008, published: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 60, no. 4, p. 109-114.
Title from title screen (viewed February 3, 2011).
"February 2011."
"Publication date: 02/01/2011"--Page 4.
"CS219354D"--Page 4.
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| Summary: | "Heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular (blood vessel) diseases are among the leading cause of death and now kill more than 800,000 adults in the US each year. Of these, 150,000 are younger than age 65. These diseases are also two of the leading causes of health disparities in the US. Treatment of these diseases accounts for 1 in every 6 US health dollars spent. Two main reasons people have heart disease or stroke are high blood pressure and cholesterol, which are common, deadly, and preventable. Nearly 2 out of 3 adults with high cholesterol and about half of adults with high blood pressure don't have their condition yet under control. Clearly, other steps are needed to gain control of these health risks."--Page 1.
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