Two-thirds of all

deaths in North Carolina

result from chronic disease and injury.

The FIVE leading causes of deathin North Carolina:

Cancer HeartDisease

ChronicLung

Disease

Stroke Injuryand

Violence

Many of these deaths are due to preventable causes such as tobacco use, physical inactivity and poor nutrition.

The Chronic Disease and Injury Section uses effective strategies to reduce the burden of chronic diseaseand injury across the life span.

In North Carolina...

16%of 10-to 17-year

olds are obese.

27% of middleand high school students

are exposed tosecondhand

smoke in the home.

Youth and young adults

ages 10-24 havethe highest rates of

self-inflictedinjury requiring

hospitalization or a visit toan emergency department.

9% of high schoolstudents report ever

having beenphysicallyforced to havesexual intercourse.

Alcohol is

involved in 1/3of fatal motor

vehicle crashes.

More than 6 in 10adults are overweight

or obese.

Excessweight in adults

costs over

$17.6billion

each year in medical costsand lost productivity.

Tobacco useis the leading cause of preventable death,responsible for more

than 14,000deaths each year.

For each death, 30more people aresick or disabled.

Diabetesresults in

617,000missed days of work

per year among adults.

4 in 10North Carolinians

will developcancer

during their lifetime.

Heart diseaseand strokeare responsible for

1 out ofevery 7hospital admissions,accounting for over$5 billion

in hospital chargeseach year.

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Through ActiveRoutes to School,

we encourage physicalactivity by partnering with the

N.C. Department of Transportationto create safe walking and

biking routes to and from school.

Through oursmoke-freemulti-unit

housing initiative,we provide technical

assistance to help housingmanagement companies adopt

smoke-free policies.

ThroughIt’s OK 2 Ask,

we raise awareness aboutsuicide prevention, and wetrain youth and individuals

who interact with youthto recognize and respond

to the warning signs of suicide.

Through the N.C.Rape Preventionand Education

Program, we fund localagencies to develop sexualviolence prevention policies

and provide training andeducation in their

communities.

Through theBreath AlcoholTesting MobileUnit Program,

the nation’s largest programof its kind, we utilize six

specialized vehiclesto process impaired

drivers at DWI checkpoints.

ThroughQuitlineNC,

1-800-QUIT-NOW,we provide a free and

confidential phone servicestaffed by expert coachesto help North Carolinians

quit using tobacco.

Through theN.C. Diabetes

EducationRecognition

Program,we increase access

to diabetes self-managementeducation and training.

Through the N.C.ComprehensiveCancer Control

Plan, we addressprevention, early detection,

care and treatment.Through the Breastand Cervical

Cancer ControlProgram, we screen

low-income women ages 40-64for breast and cervical cancer.

ThroughN.C.

WISEWOMAN, we offer screenings

and counseling to improvecardiovascular health.

Through theN.C. Stroke

CareCollaborative,we improve the qualityof acute stroke care.

From 2013 to 2014, the percentof affordable housing

properties that wentsmoke-free

increased from

16.5% to

27.9%.

From 2009 to 2014, we providedsuicide prevention and relatedtrainings to over 2,400

individuals, the majorityof whom were schoolstaff members.

From 2012 to 2013, weprovided over 1,800educational

sessions on sexualviolence prevention to nearly

13,000 studentsin N.C. schools.

Since October 1996, theBreath Alcohol Testing Mobile

Units have been usedat more than

3,000 DWI

checkpoints, resultingin nearly

16,000 arrests.

Since 2008, over

14,000North Carolinians have

participated in the program.7 out of 10

participants maintainedweight lost during the

program or lostadditional weight

after the program ended.

Current fundingallows us to reach

1%of North Carolina’s1,540,000

tobacco users.

Since 2006, more than

7,000people with

diabetes have beeneducated and trained

in 48 counties.

From July 2013through June 2014,

more than

13,000women received

breast and cervicalscreenings

at 93 localhealth

agencies.

In 2012, over22,000

individuals with strokewere treated in

hospitals participatingin the N.C. Stroke CareCollaborative program.

This accounted for75% of all

strokeadmissions.

ChronicDisease and

Injury Section

North CarolinaDivision of

Public Health

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References available upon request.www.publichealth.nc.gov/chronicdiseaseandinjury

From 2013 to 2014, the number ofschools registered for Walkto School Day eventsthrough Active Routes to School

nearly doubled,increasing from

84 to 157.

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Through Eat Smart,Move More,Weigh Less,

we partner with NC Stateto offer real-time, online classesthat help North Carolinians make

smart choices about nutritionand physical activity.