But despite steady advances in scientific knowledge and widespread health promotion campaigns, CVD continues to be the No. 1 health threat in the United States. According to the American Heart Association's 2000 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update, from 1987 to 1997, age-adjusted death rates from CVD declined 19.1 percent. In the same ten-year period, however, the actual number of CVD deaths declined only 2.1 percent, due to growth and aging of the population. Today, CVD claims more lives each year than the next seven leading causes of death combined. The One Of A Kind SM personalized health management program is a web-based, interactive program, new from the American Heart Association.
Individuals can access the program privately and use it at their own convenience.
Based on the American Heart Association's Primary and Secondary Guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the program provides on-going tailored behavior modification support and health education to users to help them lower their risk for heart attack and stroke. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.