High Cholesterol Maps and Data Sources

Maps and data sources on high cholesterol for health professionals.

Health professionals can find maps and data on high cholesterol both in the United States and globally.

Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
Users can view county-level maps of heart disease and stroke and their risk factors by racial/ethnic group, along with maps of social environmental conditions and health services, for the entire United States or for a chosen state or territory.

Data Trends and Maps
To meet national- and state-level needs for cardiovascular disease data, CDC developed a National Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance System. The system gathers data from many sources to share the public health burden of heart disease, stroke, and their risk factors.

Chronic Disease GIS Exchange
CDC’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange has a community forum for policy makers, program managers, public health analysts, and map makers to share and explore maps that make an impact, to find geographic information systems (GIS) training, and to access a wide range of GIS resources.

Social Determinants of Health Maps
Social determinants of health are factors in the social environment that lead to or take away from the health of people and communities. The maps featured on this webpage provide information that can be used with other data sources to match heart disease and stroke prevention programs and policies to the needs of local populations.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CDC’s state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System includes estimates of the number of self-reported risk factors for high cholesterol by state.

CDC Wonder
This website provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC’s public health reports and data systems, categorized by topic.

Download Software for Epidemiologic Analysis
Epi Info is software that helps public health professionals develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data.

Global Cardiovascular Infobase
This interactive website provides country profiles of heart disease and stroke and their risk factors across the world.