Delaware Statistics
According to Delaware TODAY, there were nearly 480,000 cases of cancers, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, mental disorders and pulmonary conditions reported in the first state in 2003. These conditions “shorten lives, reduce quality of life, and create caregiver burden.”
500 Cities Project
The 500 Cities project is a collaboration between CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation. The purpose of the 500 Cities project is to provide city- and census tract-level small area estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and clinical preventive service use for the largest 500 cities in the United States.