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| Figure 1.2 Public health achievements of the twentieth century | ||
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | ||
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a series of reports on great public health achievement of the twentieth century; these reports and supporting material can be accessed from the CDC Web site Celebrating Ten Great Public Health Achievements. ( http://www.cdc.gov ) | ||
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| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) | ||
| Data on the life expectancy and leading causes of heath among Americans is available here. Look especially in the NCHS journal National Vital Statistics Reports and the annual NCHS publication Health, United States. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs ) | ||
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| World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
| For information on life expectancy and quality of life around the world, visit this site; check the most recent edition of their annual World Health Report series. ( http://who.int/en/ ) | ||
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| Table 1.1 Leading Causes of Death in the United States | ||
| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) | ||
| Data on the leading causes of death among Americans. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs ) | ||
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| World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
| To see how the United States compares to other countries. ( http://www.who.int/ ) | ||
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| World Health Report series | ||
| Check the most recent edition of their annual. ( http://www.who.int/whr ) | ||
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| CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | ||
| For information on key health behaviors among Americans. Gives prevalence data for such behaviors as exercise and tobacco use for states and for the nation as a whole. ( http://www.cdc.gov/brfss ) | ||
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| Table 1.2 Actual Causes of Death Among Americans | ||
| CDC's National Leadership Role in Addressing Obesity | ||
| Information and Facts about obesity, FAQs about calculating obesity related risk, facts about obesity in the United States and additional information. ( http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050614.htm ) | ||
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| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) | ||
| Data on the leading causes of death among Americans. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs ) | ||
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| World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
| Read articles about nutrition and the global obesity epidimic. ( http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/ ) | ||
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| World Health Report series | ||
| Check the most recent edition of their annual. ( http://www.who.int/whr ) | ||
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| Figure 1.3 Quantity of life versus quality of life | ||
| Healthy People 2010 | ||
| Available online in a searchable format. ( http://www.health.gov/healthypeople ) | ||
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| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) | ||
| Information on the life expectancy of Americans. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs ) | ||
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| National Vital Statistics Reports | ||
| Look in the NCHS journal ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/nvsr.htm ) | ||
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| CDC's Health-Related Quality of Life | ||
| Provides statistics and information on quality of life. ( http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/index.htm ) | ||
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| World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
| For information on life expectancy and quality of life around the world. ( http://www.who.int/ ) | ||
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| World Health Report series | ||
| The most recent edition of their annual ( http://www.who.int/whr ) | ||
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