Heart Disease and Stroke Maps Text Equivalent

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These are text descriptions for the heart disease and stroke Quick Maps.

Heart disease death rates–ages 35+

Heart Disease Death Rates for 2021-2023 for All Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Guam, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

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Heart Disease Death Rates for 2021-2023 for Black (Non-Hispanic) Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Heart Disease Death Rates for 2021-2023 for Hispanic Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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Heart Disease Death Rates for 2021-2023 for White (Non-Hispanic) Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

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Heart disease hospitalization rates—ages 65+

Heart Disease Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Indian, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas. Pockets of high-rate counties also were found in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico.

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Heart Disease Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Black Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that pockets of counties with high heart disease hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. Pockets of high rates are located in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa.

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Heart Disease Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Hispanic Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. With pockets of high rates located in New York, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and New Mexico.

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Heart Disease Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for White Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest heart disease hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. With pockets of high concentration located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Puerto Rico.

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Stroke death rates—ages 35+

Stroke Death Rates for 2021-2023 for All Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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Stroke Death Rates for 2021-2023 for Black (Non-Hispanic) Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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Stroke Death Rates for 2021-2023 for Hispanic Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming.

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Stroke Death Rates for 2021-2023 for White (Non-Hispanic) Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Stroke hospitalization rates—ages 65+

Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in the Southeast, with heavy concentrations of high-rate counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in New Jersey, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Florida.

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Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Black Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Massachusetts, Connecticut, West Virginal, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee, Florida, and Colorado.

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Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for Hispanic Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Texas, Hawaii, Florida and Puerto Rico. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

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Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2019–2021 for White Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates—meaning the top quintile—are located primarily in the Southeast, with heavy concentrations of high-rate counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indian, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carlina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. Pockets of high-rate counties also are found in Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.

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