The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System which provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. The NCHS is responsible for helping develop the new version of the ICD-9 CM, which is the ICD-10. Their job is to help improve the health of the people by dealing with statistical information that include actions and policies. The ICD-10 was an improvement from the ICD-9. It is easier to use and it has deleted codes and added them as well. It has also made improvements
Coronary Heart Disease is also majorly preventable disease with some of the risk factors including smoking and obesity. In 2012 around 585,900 people had CHD. It was more common in males (3.3%) than females (2.0%) .In 2011 around 69,900 people had a heart attack. Heart attack rates have also been declining over the past 5 years by over 20% (AIHW 2013).
The outcomes studied were the effect of routine screening on patient morbidity and mortality and effect on quality
And this provided the data about which health services are needed in the City of Chicago, and according to the National Public Health Performance Standards Program these knows as barriers for the health (NPHPSP, 2013). The Local Public Health System is achieved the second essential public health serves which is diagnose and investigate health problems. The service number one which is monitoring health status in the local community (National Public Health Performance Standards Program, 2013) that allowed the City of Chicago to identify community health problems and issues was not completely achieved because there was incomplete statistics on the Website of the City of Chicago about this service and according to National Public Health Performance Standards Program (2013) this service needs periodic assessment once every three
In the UK, the general health of the population is monitored and identified in a variety of different ways. The one in which shall be discussed in this article are
In united states, 45% of all citizens have at least one chronic disease (4) and there is growing evidence that as a person age, he is more prone to develop other chronic condition if he is suffering from one (5). According to cdc, Heart diseases, diabetes, stroke, obesity, cancer and arthritis are the most prevalent yet preventable chronic conditions leading to hospitalizations, disabilities and decreased quality of life (6).
According to the framework, CHD is common frequently preventable and largely fatal (CHD NSF 2006), it is responsible for more 84,600 deaths in England in 2009, including 26.4 per 100,000 under the age of 75.
The week of the 21st of November, American Healthways is conducting a health care screening at the company offices that includes: a health assessment and a blood test. There will be an incentive to signing up and completing the full health assessment. The sign up sheet will be in the break room.
SEAR countries have made immense progress over the past 15 years to combat communicable diseases, however, the region has failed to address the rise of NCDs. Consequences of NCDs, such as mortality, are expected to continue to rise for years to come, therefore, a shift from acute care to chronic care at the primary health care level is necessary. This can look like implementing comprehensive NCD care models, such as the Chronic Care Model (CCM) or the aforementioned WHO PEN. While there are advantages to implementing these models and frameworks, such as enhancing early detection and self-management, a conducive policy environment can be necessary for positive results. For example, while the WHO PEN can be applied in many low-resource settings, it can be most valuable in regions that have a national policy framework for prevention and control of NCDs, such as
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Chronic diseases and conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity are the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems. In 2012, about half of adults had one or more chronic health conditions. In 2010, seven out of ten causes of death were chronic diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Dallas County, Texas (Edwards et al., 2012). Cardiovascular disease is the condition that involves narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain or stroke. The common risk factor for CVD includes, age, sex, family history, smoking, poor diet, high blood pressure, high
Seven in ten deaths in the United States, are attributable to chronic disease (“Leading Causes” 1). These diseases are not on account of bacteria or viruses, which could be treated with an appropriate prescription or vaccine. Chronic conditions are developed through unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors such as a lack of exercise, poor nutrition, poor sleeping habits, and substance use (e.g. tobacco). Consequently, seven in ten of every death can be prevented with changes in lifestyle. The CDC states that these conditions, “are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems” (“Chronic Disease” 1). Although these conditions have clear and definite causes (knowing the exact reason and “cure” for them), they are becoming more prevalent rather than domesticated. According to Wu and Green, “Between 2000 and 2030 the number of Americans with chronic conditions will increase by 37 percent, an increase of 46 million people” (1). This increase comes with an increase in health care costs: the CDC reported that the U.S. spent three trillion dollars on health care in 2014 (“Health Expenditures” 1). 86% of these costs was associated with these conditions (“Prevention” 1). Despite there being a range of causes of why patients make these choices, one issue that may be less familiar to others is the lack of knowledge in preventative medicine among health care professionals. Current training standards are not adequately educating or equipping health care professionals
Morgan Manella in the article “Study: A Third of U.S. Adults Don’t Get Enough Sleep” argues that sleep deprivation can have a negative effect in someone’s health. Manella supports her argument by presenting statistics that shows how adults that don’t enough sleep have chronic conditions. The author’s purpose is to raise awareness so that people will sleep more often and have a better health condition.
Lack of sleep has become a major problem in the United States since many people haven’t realized how healthy sleeping habits affect their health, life, study and work. When people have a sleep disorder or lack sleep for a long period, there will be a high possibility that they will have a health concern, including heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. At the same time, lack of sleep would affect people’s brain in terms of processing information so that people cannot think, learn efficiently, or make a good decision. When people are feeling drowsy during their daily activities due to lack of sleep, their or other people’s lives can be threatened if they are driving or doing something that needs full attention to avoid an accident.
In this world there are many problems, but one specific problem is sleep loss. Sleep loss can cause many problems in our world such as health problems, an unproductive habit, and the scientific reasearch of how much sleep people need.
Despite notable declines in mortality trends, Thailand still faces critical health issues. Achievements in both economic and social development, as well the implementation of universal health care attribute to this decline1. Regardless of successes disparities remain nationally and inequality follows. Non-communicable diseases account for the largest burden of mortality, NCDs compromise chronic, and non-infectious diseases. The proportional mortality with respect to total deaths is 71%2. This approximates that 355, 710 deaths of 510,000 total deaths are a result of NCDs2. However, combatting NCDs proves difficult as development largely reflects individual behavior. Careful surveillance is needed3, without it tracking implications of behaviors is unreliable and developing prevention strategies is difficult with lacking data on epidemiological trends. Though preventable, they are often detected when advanced. Long term cases need proper management. But with a shortage of rehabilitative personnel tertiary care is threatened, this must be reversed to treat long-term conditions4. To reduce advanced detection of diseases more focus on prevention, screening, and early detection is necessary to help decrease DALY’s and promote functional healthy living4. Adequate resources as well as access is detrimental, scaling up is imperative to increase the distribution of health professionals beyond metropolitan areas as there is a large disparity in delivery of services between urban and