Alaska Trends

Heart health is a lifelong investment. According to the American Heart Association, how we eat, live, exercise, and interact with others can all contribute to a healthier heart. Suggestions from the American Heart Association include eating more fruits and vegetables to “add color” to our diets, improving our home cooking skills, learning about foods that support our hearts, getting active and staying motivated in our fitness routines, managing stress, and focusing on healthy sleeping habits.

It’s never too early or too late to think about heart health, so in this issue of Alaska Trends we present data from The Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke in Alaska published in 2019 (using 2016 data) by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion about the state of the state’s heart health.

Heart disease related deaths In Alaska
Heart Disease Statistics in Alaska
Heart Attacks among Alaskans Have Dropped since 2005
Heart Disease Deaths
Top 5 Regions
1. Northwest
2. Y-k Delta
3. Southwest
4. SE-Northern
5. Anchorage
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Heart Disease Diagnosed
Top 5 Regions
1. SE-Southern
2. Kenai Penisula
3. Mat-Su
4. SE-Northern
5. Fairbanks
Alaska Medicaid recipients Heart disease
In 2016 Alaska Medicaid recipients with heart disease alone or in combination with other chronic diseases needed more than
$300 million in medicaid assistance
One person dies every 37 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
Alaskan Deaths
Alaska death causes vs heart disease
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HEART DISEASE CONTRIBUTED TO
70,782 HOSPITAL VISITS
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12,288 INPATIENT VISITS
58,494 OUTPATIENT VISITS
ANS Crude Oil Production
ANS West Coast Crude Oil Prices
Statewide Employment Figures
Graph of ANS Crude Oil Production

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division

Graph of ANS West Coast Crude Oil Prices

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division

01/1976—12/2019
Seasonally Adjusted
Graph of Statewide Employment Figures

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research & Analysis Section

ANS Crude Oil Production

Graph of ANS Crude Oil Production

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division

ANS West Coast Crude Oil Prices

Graph of ANS West Coast Crude Oil Prices

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division

Statewide Employment Figures

01/1976—12/2019
Seasonally Adjusted

Graph of Statewide Employment Figures

SOURCE: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development,
Research & Analysis Section

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