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MMWR
Recommendations and Reports
Volume 53, No. RR-11
September 10, 2004
Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance
Chronic diseases account for seven of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, including the three leading causes of preventable death (tobacco use, improper diet and physical inactivity, and alcohol use). In addition, 70% of health-care costs in the United States are for chronic diseases. To allow public health officials to uniformly define, collect, and report chronic disease data, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists has released these revised indicators for chronic disease surveillance.
Of the 92 indicators (see Appendix), 24 are for cancer; 15, cardiovascular disease; 11, diabetes; 7, alcohol; 5 each, nutrition and tobacco; 3 each, oral health, physical activity, and renal disease; and 2 each, asthma, osteoporosis, and immunizations. The remaining 10 indicators cover such overarching conditions as poverty, education, life expectancy, and health insurance.
(CAFA NOTE: The two asthma indicators are hospitalization with asthma and mortality primarily due to asthma.)
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