Heart Disease and Stroke

Why Is This Important?

Nebraska Healthy People 2020: Heart Disease and Stroke

According to HealthyPeople.gov, heart disease is the leading cause of death and stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. High blood pressure and high cholesterol are two of the most common controllable risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Other risk factors include cigarette smoking, diabetes, poor diet and physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity. More than one in three adults live with more than one type of cardiovascular disease, impacting the quality of life of millions and generating billions of dollars and economic loss every year.

Measures

HP2020

Coronary heart disease death rate per 100,000 (age-adjusted).

2013

77.4

69.7

-9%

HP2020

Stroke death rate per 100,000 (age-adjusted).

2013

36.2

32.6

-10%

HP2020

Hospitalizations age 65 to 74 years with congestive heart failure as the principle diagnosis per 1,000.

2013

4.9

4.4

-25%

HP2020

Hospitalizations ages 75 to 84 years with congestive heart failure as the principle diagnosis per 1,000.

2013

12.2

11.0

-23%

HP2020

Hospitalizations age 85 years and older with congestive heart failure as the principle diagnosis per 1,000.

2013

28.7

25.8

-12%

HP2020

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who have ever been told by a doctor that they have high blood pressure (excluding pregnancy).

2017

30.6%

28.8%

HP2020

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who had their blood cholesterol level checked in the last 5 years.

2013

74.0%

77.7%

HP2020

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who have ever been told by a medical professional that they have high cholesterol, among those who have ever had it checked.

2013

37.4%

35.5%

-2%

Definition

This scorecard is created to track performance, therefore the demonstration of data within color markers identifies the boundaries of what we define as success. In some instances, a trend may be moving in the wrong direction, but still may be within our 'Target for Success' area. The use of Color Bands and Color Arrows help to define the Target for Success and Current Progress.

Green, Black and Red arrows are used to reflect our 'Current Progress' status.

GREEN Arrow = We're getting better!
BLACK Arrow = We're maintaining our position.
RED Arrow = We're going in the wrong direction.

Green, Yellow or Red color bands are used to reflect our 'Target for Success' zones.

GREEN Color Band = We've reached our Target for Success!
YELLOW Color Band = We're making progress, but not quite there yet.
RED Color Band = We're below our Target for Success.

Data is described with the Time Period, Actual Value, Target Value, Current Trend and Baseline Change %. These mean:

Time Period - The most current time period for which the data were available.
Actual Value - The actual level of achievement, the most current data point for the indicator; also shown in a Color Band to reflect if that value is or is not within our Target for Success zone.
Target Value - The desired level of achievement for the data indicator.
Current Trend - The direction of progress is shown by a Color Arrow to reflect our Current Progress status, and also noting for how many data points the direction been occurring.
Baseline Change % - The percentage of change between the baseline data point and the current data point (actual value); also shown with a Color Arrow to describe Current Progress status.

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