Resources

Baseline Paper (2000): This paper decribes the background and original design of the CardioVision project.  Over time the activities of CardioVision, today known as Healthy Living Rochester, have evolved as new opportunities and needs have been identified.

Dietary and Exercise Change Efforts Paper (2002): This paper reports the percentage of people in Olmsted County who are trying to improve dietary habits, exercise habits or both.  It provides evidence that people who receive advice from their physician to improve dietary and exercise habits are more likely to change those habits than people who do not get that advice.

Weight Control Paper (2002): This document reports the percentage of people in Olmsted County who are overweight, and the percentage of those who are trying to change dietary and exercise habits to lose weight.

Fruit and Vegetable Intake Paper (2003): This study reports the percentage of people in Olmsted County who are meeting the dietary goal of eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day.

Four-year Results Paper (2006): This paper describes the impact of the CardioVision 2010 activities during the first 4 years of operation in Olmsted County.

Blood Pressure Control in Rochester, Minnesota (1999): This study reports that blood pressure control in residents of Olmsted County is relatively low, with only 17% of people with high blood pressure having their blood pressure treated and controlled.  While this paper is somewhat dated (1999), it points to a need within Olmsted County, just like the rest of the United States, to improve on treating and controlling high blood pressure.

Diabetes Trends in Rochester, Minnesota from 1970-1990: This paper documents a substantial increase in the percentage of the population developing diabetes  from 1970 to 1990.

Diabetes Death Rate Trends in Olmsted County (2004): This paper tracks the impact of diabetes on death rates in Rochester, Minnesota, compared to that seen from 1970 to 1994.  The results suggests increasing death rates due to diabetes.  As an increase in the incidence of diabetes in Olmsted County residents continues, it is possible that death rates may rise and life expectancy may worsen in coming years, unless something is done to reverse the increase in obesity and diabetes.

Diabetes in People with Heart Attack, and Its Impact on Death Rates (2006): This paper shows that diabetes is increasingly common among people experiencing a heart attack in Rochester, Minnesota, and that their survival is lower following the heart attack than for patients with a heart attack who do not have diabetes.  Since diabetes is increasingly common in the general population, this paper gives further evidence that we may see worsening mortality rates and life expectancy in the future unless something is done to reduce obesity and diabetes.

Three-year Results of Heart Disease Management Program, Rochester, Minnesota (2008): This document describes the impact of a heart disease management program on the death rates of a sample of people with heart disease in Olmsted County.  A high percentage of people in this study were receiving appropriate preventive medications and were following healthy lifestyle habits.  Their overall mortality rate was found to be similar to others in the population, of similar age, who did not have heart disease.