Learn about our prevention and disease management initiatives to help members achieve better health results. You'll also find valuable links to online health tools and resources. 1  Health Programs Overview. 2  Asthma. 3  Case Management. 4  Childhood Immunizations. 5  COPD. 6  Diabetes.
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death in the United States. One of the biggest contributors to these statistics is a lack of commitment to a heart healthy lifestyle. Your lifestyle is not only your best defense against heart disease and stroke, it's also your responsibility. A heart-healthy lifestyle includes the ideas listed below. By following these simple steps you can reduce all of the modifiable risk factors for heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
In general, women succumb to the same five leading causes as men in this age group, although in a slightly different order. African American women are the exceptionâHIV is their fifth-leading cause of death, and suicide the seventh-leading cause, after pregnancy-related complications. The magnitude of the differences for deaths from injury and violence is striking, both among men and women and among race and ethnic groups.