Epidemiology Results
Instructions: Respond to the following discussion question:
Bases on the following statistic for Heart Disease -
Morbidity
Number of adults with diagnosed heart disease: 30.3 million
Percent of adults with diagnosed heart disease: 12.1%
Physician office visits:
Percent of office-based physician visits with coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, or history of myocardial infarction indicated on the medical record: 6.7%
Emergency department visits
Percent of visits to emergency departments with coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, or history of myocardial infarction indicated on the medical record: 7.2%
Mortality
Number of deaths: 659,041
Deaths per 100,000 population: 200.8
Cause of death rank: 1
What screening and surveillance strategies can be implemented by the public health nurse that could improve these statistics?
You will need to include one research/scholarly reference from within the past 5 years with an in-text citation. No title page is needed, just the reference at the end. Thank you. This is also for a Public health and Community care nursing course.
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