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Quitting smoking is a critical step toward diabetes control. It is not known whether smoking rates in adults with diabetes are similar to rates among adults who do not have the disease or whether people with diabetes have increased motivation to quit.

Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, PhD1, Bethany A. West, MPH1, Gwen Bergen, PhD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Increasing Appropriate Vaccination: Immunization Information Systems." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

Obesity now affects 1 in 6 children and adolescents in the United States. Learn more...

Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data for use in planning, interpretation, and evaluation of public health practice.

Take advantage of these free, easy-to-use communication tools to help support your overweight and obesity prevention and control efforts.

Obesity Fact Sheets and Brochures. Learn more...

The 2013 Prevention Status Reports (PSRs), highlight the status of policies and practices designed to prevent or reduce problems affecting public health. Learn more...

Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States. Learn more...

An explanation of the statistics of HIV and AIDS. This is basic information on HIV statistics and surveillance.

Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates by race and ethnicity.

Ovarian cancer incidence and mortality rates by race and ethnicity.

This study looked at rates of colorectal cancer screening test use in 2010.

This study used two federal cancer surveillance systems to describe cervical cancer rates among women younger than 40 years old.

The percentage of Americans who have been screened for cancer remains below national targets, with continued disparities between racial and ethnic groups, according to a study by CDC and the National Cancer Institute.