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Home > Cost of Chronic Disease > Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Disease & Stroke > Prevalence & Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease

In 2007, poor adults 45-64 years old were 56% more likely than those with family income more than twice the poverty level to have diagnosed hypertension and more than twice as likely to have diagnosed diabetes or diagnosed serious heart conditions.


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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health, United States, 2009. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009. [ Permalink ]