Heart Disease Mortality in the United States, 1970 to 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studying trends in mortality is essential to advance understanding of population health. Further evaluation of long-term heart disease mortality trends and subtypes in the United States is needed to guide public health and clinical interventions.

Methods

This study used the National Vital Statistics System Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research data for adults aged 25 years and older in the United States from 1970 to 2022. Outcomes included absolute number and age-adjusted mortality of total heart disease, ischemic heart disease, and other heart disease subtypes.

Results

From 1970 to 2022, overall age-adjusted heart disease mortality decreased by 66% from 1970 to 2022 (from 761 to 258 per 100 000). In

SUBMITTER: King SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449979 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature