High blood pressure management is a key strategy of the Million Hearts Initiative, an effort to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years. Colorado participates in this initiative and you can too. Be one in a million - make your commitment and pledge today.
According to a recently released Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease and Control, Colorado had the third lowest age-adjusted preventable death rate from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease nationally from 2008-10. In 2010, there were 2,041 preventable deaths from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease in Colorado -- an age-adjusted rate of 39.9 (38.1-41.7) per 100,000 population. This represents a 3.9% decrease per year since 2001, when the age-adjusted preventable death rate was 57.0 (54.5-59.5).
Nationally, six of the 10 counties with the lowest age-adjusted preventable death rate from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease in 2008-2010 were in Colorado.
The age-adjusted preventable death rate from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease varied across Colorado counties in 2008-10, from a low of 18.1 per 100,000 in Eagle County to a high of 89.7 per 100,000 in Bent County. Comparing these two counties regarding social determinants of health in 2010, the poverty prevalence was 9.8% in Eagle County and 32.4% in Bent County, and the prevalence of having education less than college was 53.0% in Eagle County and 88.7% in Bent County.
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