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General
Information
The Allen County
Heart Health Coalition is working to lower the risk of heart disease
and stroke in Allen County by helping Allen County residents to:
The programs of
the heart health project have a focus on four different settings.
If you would like
more information on any of the projects listed, contact the Health
Department and ask for the health education division.
How Heart Healthy
is Allen County, Ohio?
According to the
2002 Allen County Community needs assessment:
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26 % of
adult residents surveyed smoke |
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67 % of
residents are overweight or obese |
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55 %
report a sedentary lifestyle |
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32% of
residents report a high cholesterol |
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33 %
report an elevated blood pressure |
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13 %
report they have been diagnosed with diabetes (twice the
Ohio rate) |
* Funded
by the PHHS Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and administered by ODH, Bureau of Health Promotion
and Risk Reduction, CVH Program. The contents are solely the
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
official views of the CDC.
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