Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Rural Adults(1) Current Scenario of Cardiovascular Disease in America Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is becoming a leading cause of death in the United States. {Roger, 2011 #5}In adults, cardiovascular diseases are mainly of two types: "acute" and "chronic" cardiovascular diseases. Acute cardiovascular diseases are mainly acute myocardial infarction, while the most common chronic cardiovascular diseases are hypertension, coronary heart disease, COPD, cardiac myopathies, etc. Acute cardiovascular diseases are the most fatal diseases, while chronic heart diseases are mostly degenerative. The American Heart Association statistics report shows that mortality due to cardiovascular diseases is higher than other diseases. Mortality data for 2007 shows that cardiovascular disease accounted for 33.6 percent of all 2,243,712 deaths in 2007, or one in 2.9 deaths in the United States. More than 2,200 Americans die from cardiovascular disease every day, an average of one death every 39 seconds. More than 150,000 Americans killed by CVD in 2007 were under age 65. In 2007, nearly 33% of CVD deaths occurred before age 75, well before the average life expectancy of 77.9 years {Roger, 2011 #5}. Cardiovascular diseases in rural areas. CVD is also widespread in rural America. The graph below shows a comparison of various diseases between rural and urban areas of the United States.{Carol Adaire Jones, 2009 #12}A study conducted in 11 rural counties in Appalachian Ohio shows that there is a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity, and diabetes mellitus in these 11 counties compared to the total 2004 Ohio and national BRFSS data {Schwartz, 2009 #7}. Mortality and morbidity due to CVD and...... middle of paper ......cation for CVD prevention: The University of Minnesota conducted risk factor reduction research to prevent CVD in community. The findings suggest that they did not generate sufficient awareness and health promotion in the study communities. They had only modest success in their intensive 13-year research program. . This type of prevention program has long-term effects in the community if it is executed well in the target community with adequate awareness and health promotion activities. • WISE WOMAN: Well-integrated screening and assessment for women nationwide: This program is created by CDC for heart disease and stroke prevention. This program is primarily aimed at women between the ages of 40 and 60. Women in this age group are more likely to develop chronic diseases. This program also targets women from a poor socioeconomic background.