{"id":12585,"date":"2011-10-13T15:25:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T19:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?post_type=news&#038;p=12585"},"modified":"2011-10-13T15:25:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T19:25:46","slug":"coronary-heart-disease-prevalence-in-u-s-continues-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2011\/10\/13\/coronary-heart-disease-prevalence-in-u-s-continues-to-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence in U.S. Continues to Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prevalence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. continues to drop, according to the CDC. Data from the\u00a0Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm6040a1.htm?s_cid=mm6040a1_e&amp;source=govdelivery\">published in\u00a0<em>Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report<\/em><\/a>, show a significant decrease in overall CHD prevalence from 6.7% to 6% from 2006 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In an apparent paradox, the authors note that the decline in CHD\u00a0<em>mortality<\/em>\u00a0that has been occurring for the past 50 years should result in an increase in CHD prevalence. Therefore, they write, &#8220;the decline in prevalence is consistent with the reported decline in the prevalence of a population at high risk (i.e., persons with uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and current smokers).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>MMWR<\/em>\u00a0report includes extensive data about the differences in CHD prevalence based on age, sex, race\/ethnicity, education, and state of residence. &#8220;The data from this report can help health planners develop more targeted prevention programs for states and populations with greater CHD prevalence (e.g., American Indian\/Alaska Native men and black women),&#8221; the authors write.<\/p>\n<p>CHD prevalence was generally highest in the south. In 2010, Hawaii and Washington, D.C., had the lowest prevalence (3.7% and 3.8%), while West Virginia and Kentucky had the highest (8.0% and 8.2%).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12586\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/10\/CHD-prevalence-map.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12586\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12586\" title=\"CHD prevalence map\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/10\/CHD-prevalence-map.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Age-adjusted prevalence of coronary heart disease among adults --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prevalence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. continues to drop, according to the CDC. Data from the\u00a0Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys,\u00a0published in\u00a0Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, show a significant decrease in overall CHD prevalence from 6.7% to 6% from 2006 to 2010. In an apparent paradox, the authors note that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}