Social associations and cardiovascular mortality in the United States counties, 2016 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The positive aspects of social interaction on health have been described often, with considerably less attention to their negative aspect. This study aimed to assess the impact of social associations on cardiovascular mortality in the United States.

Methods

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) data sets from 2016 to 2020 were used to identify death records due to cardiovascular disease in the United States population aged 15 years and older. The social association rate defined as membership associations per 10,000 population, accessed from the 2020 County Health Rankings data was used as a surrogate for social participation. All United States counties were grouped into quartiles based on th

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature