Community Health Priority: Prevent Chronic Disease

Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. They are also leading drivers of the nation’s $4.1 trillion in annual health care costs.

NYS Prevention Agenda Priority: Prevent Chronic Disease
Focus Areas

  • CD-1: Healthy Eating and Food Security
    • Goal: CD-1.3: Increase food security
    • At-Risk Populations Addressed: Poverty/ low income; Town of residence/ geography
  • CD-4: Preventive Care & Management
    • Goals:
      • CD-4.1: Increase cancer screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening
      • CD-4.2 Increase early detection of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, prediabetes and obesity
    • At-Risk Populations Addressed: Poverty; Residence/ geography; Race

Disparities in Chronic Disease

Focus Area 1: Healthy Eating and Food Security

Focus Area 4: Chronic Disease Preventive Care and Management

Additional Chronic Disease Indicators

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