Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in US Women Veterans vs Civilians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the US. Women veterans have higher rates of CVD compared with civilian US women; however, analyses of recent trends in mortality from cardiac disease for women veterans are lacking.

Objective

To investigate trends in cardiac disease mortality among women veterans over approximately the past 2 decades and compare rates with those for civilian women.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health record data, linked with the National Death Index, were analyzed for CVD trends and rates of cardiac disease mortality among women veterans (aged 18 years or older) with VHA health care encounters from Januar

SUBMITTER: Ebrahimi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature