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Program Planning For Target Population

Program Planning for Target Population
There are millions of deaths each year in the United States of which can be sorted in just about every way possible. Mortality is the number of deaths (from a disease or in general) per 1000 people and typically reported on an annual basis. We will explore the leading causes of death for those individuals who are between the ages of 35 and 44, to include all races, men and women who died between 1999 - 2002. We will also look at prevention programs that are in place for the leading cause of death.
Top 5 Leading Causes of Death
It truly is amazing how the leading cause of death can vary so much when age or race is factored in or out. The top 5 causes of death for individuals between the ages of 35 – 44 are as follows starting at: number 5:
# 5 = Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens), essentially over dosing on drugs.
# 4 = Atherosclerotic heart disease - Atherosclerosis is really a part of the disease process known as arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis means hardening of the arteries and is divided into three variants (Doctor 2003)
# 3 = Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung (ICD9 2003).
# 2 = Breast, unspecified - Breast Caner which was the number one cause of death in women ages 35 – 41 (ICD9 2003).
# 1 = Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) – This is essentially a heart attack.
• Approximately 500,000-700,000 deaths caused by ischemic heart disease occur in the United States alone.
• More than one half of deaths occur in the pre-hospital setting.
• In-hospital fatalities account for 10% of all deaths. An additional 10% of deaths occur in the first year after an MI...
• Male predilection exists in persons aged 40-70 years.
• In persons older than 70 years, no sex predilection exists.
• An MI occurs most frequently in persons older than 45 years. (Stahmer 2005)
Causes:
• The predominant cause is a...