Cardiovascular health
Heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure share many of the same risk factors. These guides explain each condition in plain language from CDC and NIH sources, then show what Texas county data can and cannot add.
Guides
Understanding Cardiovascular Disease
An introduction to the major types of heart and blood-vessel disease and how they are measured in population health.
8 cited sources · verified 2026-10-18
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
What high blood pressure is, how it is classified and diagnosed, its risk factors, and what county estimates of diagnosed high blood pressure can show.
5 cited sources · verified 2026-10-22
Coronary Artery Disease
What coronary artery disease is, its recognised risk factors, and how prevalence and mortality data describe it.
6 cited sources · verified 2026-10-18
Stroke and Cardiovascular Risk
How stroke relates to cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, and what county estimates can and cannot show.
6 cited sources · verified 2026-10-18
Major risk factors
CDC names high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and smoking as the key risk factors for heart disease, alongside diabetes, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and excessive alcohol use.
| Risk factor | County data on Vellora |
|---|---|
| High blood pressure | High blood pressure among adults (modeled estimate, crude) |
| High blood cholesterol | Not available |
| Smoking | Not available |
| Diabetes | Diagnosed diabetes among adults (modeled estimate, crude) |
| Overweight and obesity | Obesity among adults (modeled estimate, crude) |
| Unhealthy diet | Not available |
| Physical inactivity | Not available |
| Excessive alcohol use | Not available |
Source: Heart Disease Risk Factors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (accessed 2026-10-18). Age and family history also raise risk and cannot be changed.
From conditions to county data
Vellora holds five CDC estimates of how many adults report a cardiovascular condition or risk factor, and one observed heart disease death rate. An estimate of how many people live with high blood pressure and a count of deaths from heart disease answer different questions, so they are never put on one scale.