Chronic diseases—such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes—are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Chronic diseases account for 70% of all deaths in the U.S., which is 1.7 million each year. The sad fact is that most of these diseases are preventable.

Although chronic diseases are among the most common and costly health problems, they are also among the most preventable. Adopting healthy behaviors such as eating nutritious foods, being physically active, and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or control the devastating effects of these diseases. These include heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and asthma.

Although chronic diseases are common and costly, local health departments in the United States have traditionally focused primarily on the surveillance and control of infectious diseases, but we are now using our expertise in the prevention and control of communicable disease to prevent and control chronic diseases as well.

(See our Infectious Disease page for information on contagious diseases such as influenza, E.coli, hepatitis, meningitis and whooping cough.)

Learn more about our Peak Wellness program, which screens for heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.

Learn more about CPPW, our Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative, working to increase opportunities for healthy eating and active living.


Tri-County Health Department Services:
• Cancer Prevention and Screening
• CPPW Grant
• Healthy Aging
• Injury Prevention
• Men's Health Services
• Minority / Cross-Cultural Health Services
• Nutrition Services
• Peak Wellness Health Screenings
• Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
• Women's Health Services

Additional Tri-County Pages:
• Annual Reports
• A–Z Index of Topics and Services
• Community Health Data
• Contagious Diseases
• Disease Homepage
• En Español / In Spanish
• HIV / AIDS
• Immunizations
• Infectious Diseases
• Injury Prevention
• Men's Health Services
• Minority Health Concerns
• Nursing Division Homepage
• Nutrition Division Homepage
• Peak Wellness Health Screenings
• Sun Safety
• STD / HIV Testing
• Travel Immunizations
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Women's Health Services

Community Health Profiles:
• Adams County Health Profile
• Arapahoe County Health Profile
• Douglas County Health Profile
• Regional Community Health Profile
• Extensive Community Health Report 2005 (3 MB)
• PRAMS - Pregnancy Risk Assessment (1MB)
• Tri-County Health Department Annual Reports

Related Links and Fact Sheets:
• Chronic Diseases (CDC)
• CoHID - Colorado Health Information Data Set
• Confidentiality (HIPAA)
• Fast Stats A - Z (CDC)
• Health Disparities
• Health-Related Quality of Life
• Health Topics A - Z (WHO)
• Healthy Living (CDC)
• Healthy People 2020
• Injury Prevention
• Life Expectancy Worldwide
• Minority Health
• State Health Department (CDPHE)
• Ten Essential Public Health Services
• US Census Data
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Additional Data:
A great deal of community health data referenced
by county is available to the public at the
Colorado Health Information Dataset website.

Links to our community partners - agencies, associations and government resources.

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