Healthy Heart Links

You will find more specific heart disease information on the following sites:

• American Diabetes Association
  Focuses on preventing and curing diabetes and improving the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
• Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
  Founded in 1974, the ABC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 volunteer organization of more than 800 African-American cardiologists and medical professionals.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
• CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  Risk factor data about adults that you can query by state, year, topic, and demographics.
• CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
  Risk factor data about school-aged children.
• CDC's WONDER
  Many national databases, including the national compressed mortality files that you can query.
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  
• National Center for Health Statistics
  All kinds of health data for the U.S., including information on cardiovascular diseases.
• National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
  National publications and data on heart disease, obesity, hypertension, and cholesterol.
• North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
  Provides a comprehensive collection of North Carolina specific health statistics, including links to specific health statistics for your county.
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
  
• Womenheart
  The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease