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• Annual community events/weeks highlighting youth violence
prevention
• Collaborate locally to 'recognize' National Youth Violence
Week ( held annually in April)
Develop and disseminate
• Collaboration for trauma informed care wherever violence
Share community data sets to help
happens (i.e., Child Savers)
Community Data identify at-risk populations and
• Education-based Gun Safety Day - police departments, local
support community outreach
schools
• Firearm safety training (all localities)
• Suicide (attempt) follow-up counselors in hospitals (all
localities)
Priority Area 2: Heart Disease
Background and Rationale
Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, encompasses a variety of heart problems and is
responsible for approximately 1 in every 5 deaths [3]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
reports that the most common type of heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease
(CAD), which can lead to heart attack.
There is a significant amount of interest at the local level to identify prevention strategies that work to
improve heart health. As the data below shows, HPHD has a higher heart disease death rate than the
State and our districts continue to trend in the wrong direction. With the age-adjusted death rate in
Virginia at 149.6, the highest rates in the districts occur in the Cities of Hampton (182.0), Newport News
(189.1), and Poquoson (158.1).
To further support this data, the recent CHA data reflects that heart disease remains a health concern for
our community, with 22.2% of community stakeholders and 17.6% of professional stakeholders citing this
among the top 10 health concerns for adults (age 18+).
Source [3]: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
In alignment with VDH’s Plan for Wellbeing, obesity – which was identified as a priority, is associated with
an increased risk of heart disease. Obesity has been on the rise in Virginia and can impact a person’s
overall health and well-being. According to the American Heart Association, “Obesity also leads to the
development of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease mortality independently of other
cardiovascular risk factors” [4].
Source [4]: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000973
Adults Overweight or Obese by Year, 2011 through 2020
The table and chart below display trends in the percentage of adults who are overweight or obese
(body mass index greater than 25.0) for years 2011 through 2020.
Note: An asterisk on rates denotes that rates were estimated based on a sample with sample size < 50.
Use caution in interpreting such cases.
Report Area 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Virginia 63.3% 63.6% 64.0% 64.7% 64.1% 65.4% 66.3% 66.3% 66.4% 67.3%
Data Source: Virginia Department of Health, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. Data directly obtained via email from
Virginia Department of Health. 2021
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