February is Heart Health Month. And it’s also Black History Month. So it seems fitting to talk about African Americans and heart disease.
You’ve probably heard it before, but African Americans have a BIG problem with heart disease and America’s Health Rankings® proves this. While the report showed improvements in smoking cessation and cardiovascular deaths, it also shows that rates of obesity and smoking—two leading indicators of heart disease—among African American adults outpaces that of whites in the majority of states. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of all American women, and African American women are at greater risk for heart disease than any other ethnic group.
Maine Health’s Health Index initiative
Dr. Tuckson is absolutely right - we are clearly ALL in this together - health care providers, hospitals, government, public health agencies, communities, and individuals. As an activist friend of mine likes to say, "each one of us is grass root."
22nd Edition of America’s Health Rankings®
Today, we at United Health Foundation are pleased to release the 22nd Edition of America’s Health Rankings®: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities. Published along with our partners at the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention, America’s Health Rankings provides the longest-running state-by-state analysis of our country’s health and the factors that affect it.