Prevention is the key to reducing heart disease and stroke, and it starts with knowing the risks. The following indicators are all linked to heart disease. For each of the province’s 33 communities, we looked at how many of these indicators are worse than average.
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Blood pressure checks
- Cholesterol checks
- Obesity rates
- Smoking
- Eating fruit and vegetables
- Physical activity
- Heavy drinking
- Living in low-income households
- No high school diploma
- Discussing health improvement with health professionals