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	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the San Francisco County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the San Francisco County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the San Francisco County value meets a specific target. The San Francisco County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

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Time Period
HP 2010 Target

119.1

146.4

Red > 146.4
Green <= 119.1
In-between = Yellow
Unit: deaths/100,000 population
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Coronary Heart Disease

Value:	112.2 deaths/100,000 population
Measurement Period:	2006-2008
Location:	County : San Francisco
Categories:	Health / Heart Disease & Stroke Health / An Overview of Mortality Data

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 people due to coronary heart disease.

Why this is important: Coronary heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged by fat and cholesterol deposits (plaques) and cannot supply enough blood to the heart. As the arteries narrow, or as the plaques rupture, the flow of blood to the heart can slow or stop, causing chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, a heart attack or other symptoms.

Nationally, Coronary Heart Disease makes up the majority of heart disease deaths. In 2006, 631,636 Americans died of coronary heart disease. Heart disease is also very costly economically with projected costs in 2010 of $316 billion on health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the coronary heart disease death rate to 166 deaths per 100,000 population.

Technical note: The distribution is based on data from 58 California counties.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRProfiles2009.pdf

Time Series Data

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Unit: deaths/100,000 population
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Coronary Heart Disease

Value:	112.2 deaths/100,000 population
Measurement Period:	2006-2008
Location:	County : San Francisco
Categories:	Health / Heart Disease & Stroke Health / An Overview of Mortality Data

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 people due to coronary heart disease.

Why this is important: Coronary heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged by fat and cholesterol deposits (plaques) and cannot supply enough blood to the heart. As the arteries narrow, or as the plaques rupture, the flow of blood to the heart can slow or stop, causing chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, a heart attack or other symptoms.

Nationally, Coronary Heart Disease makes up the majority of heart disease deaths. In 2005, over 445,000 Americans died of coronary heart disease. Heart disease is also very costly economically with projected costs in 2010 of $316 billion on health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the coronary heart disease death rate to 166 deaths per 100,000 population.

Technical note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement period. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRProfiles2009.pdf

Time Series Data

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Target Met

Unit: deaths/100,000 population
View the Legend

Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Coronary Heart Disease

Value:	112.2 deaths/100,000 population
Healthy People 2010 Target:	166.0 deaths/100,000 population
Measurement Period:	2006-2008
Location:	County : San Francisco
Categories:	Health / Heart Disease & Stroke Health / An Overview of Mortality Data

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 people due to coronary heart disease.

Why this is important: Coronary heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged by fat and cholesterol deposits (plaques) and cannot supply enough blood to the heart. As the arteries narrow, or as the plaques rupture, the flow of blood to the heart can slow or stop, causing chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, a heart attack or other symptoms.

Nationally, Coronary Heart Disease makes up the majority of heart disease deaths. In 2005, over 445,000 Americans died of coronary heart disease. Heart disease is also very costly economically with projected costs in 2010 of $316 billion on health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the coronary heart disease death rate to 166 deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRProfiles2009.pdf

Time Series Data

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