April 2003
Document of the Month:

"Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality was developed by the Office for Social Environment and Health Research at West Virginia University and CDC's [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Cardiovascular Health Branch to provide critical data on geographic, racial, and ethnic inequalities in women’s heart disease death rates for the five major racial and ethnic groups. The Atlas includes more than 200 national and state maps of heart disease mortality. The maps in the Atlas highlight the geographic, racial, and ethnic inequalities in heart disease mortality among women and provide government agencies and their partners at the local, state, and national levels with information to tailor heart-healthy programs and policies to the communities of women with the greatest burden of heart disease."

--from the Overview

A collection of data about men and heart disease is also available. See: Men and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality.

Both atlases include:

• Interactive State Maps
• State Fact Sheets
• State Fact Sheets for the Total Population
  
• Methodological and Technical Notes

The publications are available online in HTML and can be downloaded in PDF format.

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Previously Featured Documents:

• March 2003: The 15-Year Report of the Committee on Women in the Courts includes Recommendations, Findings with Recommendations, The Survey: Canvassing Opinions on Progress, Excerpts from the Transcript of the April 4, 2001 Conference: The Miles Traveled and the Miles Yet To Go, Appendices and the membership of the New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts.
  
  
• February 2003: Many people use the NYS OGS Telephone Directory to find telephone numbers for individuals in New York State government. But this online publication also includes a Directory of (toll-free) 800 Numbers for Services Provided by NYS Government, a listing of Telephone Devices for the Hearing/Voice Impaired, and a Directory of United States Congress Members Representing the State of New York.
  
  
• January 2003: Do you know anyone who needs to prepare for the New York State driver's permit test and road test? The Driver's Manual and Study Guide is an interactive, version of the familar New York State Driver's Manual, intended to help people prepare for both of these tests.
  
  

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