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Carotid intervention rates decreased from 3.6 per 1000 person-years in 2001 to 3.1 per 1000 person-years in 2006. In 2006, rates of carotid ultrasound were lowest in the New England, Mountain, and West North Central regions and highest in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic regions. 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