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People in Connecticut Live Heart Healthy.

Rate of deaths from heart disease in non-Hispanic Black people in Connecticut per 100,000 Population (Age-adjusted). (HCT2020)

Current Value

155.9

2021

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

Similar to the decrease in heart disease deaths in the overall population, the rate of deaths due to heart disease in the non-Hispanic Black or African American population has also decreased over the years.  However, disparities in heart disease deaths are still present.  To address this disparity, wellness must be promoted in all aspects of people's lives - where they are born, grow, live, learn, play, work, worship, and age, including the health system.  Promoting wellness in all aspects of residents' lives involves creating equal access, for all residents, to healthy food, safe places for physical activity, quality clinical and other health services, and community clinical organizations to support prevention and control of heart disease and its risk factors.

Each data point represents five (5) years of aggregated data. The years listed on the x-axis of the chart represent the end-point of the five years (for example, 2012 includes data from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2012).

Rates are age-adjusted to the US 2000 population. Rates are age-adjusted to eliminate differences in crude rates that result from differences in the populations’ age distributions from year to year.

The target was developed as part of Healthy Connecticut 2020 and Live Healthy Connecticut, A Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Plan.

These data are current as of December 2022.  New data will be made available in the Fall of 2023.

For more cardiovascular disease statistics, visit www.ct.gov/dph/heartstrokedata.

Partners

Potential Partners:
Connecticut Department of Public Health; Connecticut Department of Agriculture; Connecticut Department of
Social Services; Department of Rehabilitation Services State Unit on Aging; Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection;
Office of the Healthcare Advocate; local public health agencies; health care providers including community health
centers, hospitals, nurses and physicians; health professional associations; health insurers; pharmaceutical
companies; other businesses and business associations; American Heart Association; other organizations and
coalitions focused on heart disease and stroke; community service providers that serve seniors and other at-risk
populations; philanthropic and research organizations that address heart disease and stroke; schools of public
health, allied health, nursing, and medicine; faith-based organizations; and others.

What Works

The Guide to Community Preventive Services Task Force made the following recommendations regarding cardiovascular disease prevention and control:
1. Clinical Decision Support Systems can increase the quality of cardiovascular care. Clinical Decision Support Systems are computer-based information systems designed to assist healthcare providers in implementing clinical guidelines at the point of care.
2. Reduced out-of-pocket costs for patients is associated with improvements in medication adherence, and blood pressure and cholesterol outcomes.
3. Team-based care led to better control of high blood pressure. Team-based care to improve blood pressure control is a health systems-level, organizational intervention that incorporates a multidisciplinary team to improve the quality of hypertension care for patients.

Strategy

Advocate for insurance coverage for preventive care and disease management programs, and explore insurance incentives for wellness activities

Conduct public awareness campaigns related to diet, exercise, weight control, smoking cessation, and screenings

Conduct provider education on health promotion and referrals to community resources; patient education on blood pressure self-monitoring

Promote multi-sector collaboration to improve access to preventive services

Expand use of health information technology; develop self-management interventions linking community and clinical services; develop interventions to address social determinants of health

Clear Impact Suite is an easy-to-use, web-based software platform that helps your staff collaborate with external stakeholders and community partners by utilizing the combination of data collection, performance reporting, and program planning.

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