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Health Affairs, 26, no. 1 (2007): 38-48 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.38 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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An Overview Of Cardiovascular Disease Burden In The United States

George A. Mensah and David W. Brown

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 Prevalence Of Cardiovascular Diseases In The U.S. Noninstitutionalized Civilian Population Age Eighteen And Older, By Race/Ethnicity, 2004

View larger version (31K): [in this window] [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 Total Deaths And Age-Adjusted Death Rates (Per 100,000 Population) For The Fifteen Leading Causes Of Death In The Total U.S. Population, 2003

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