Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Adults Aged 35 Years or Older, 2018 to 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults have historically been grouped with Asian adults in U.S. mortality surveillance. Starting in 2018, the 1997 race and ethnicity standards from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget were adopted by all states on death certificates, enabling national-level estimates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality for NHPI adults independent of Asian adults.

Objective

To describe CVD mortality among NHPI adults.

Design

Race-stratified age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) and rate ratios were calculated using final mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System for 2018 to 2022.

Setting

Fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Participants

Adults aged 35 years or older at the time of d

SUBMITTER: Woodruff RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573626 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature