Rising Trends in Obesity and Heart Failure: Related Mortality in the United States, 1999-2024.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a major public health crisis in the United States and a key contributor to heart failure (HF). Both conditions independently increase mortality risk, yet national trends in obesity and HF-related deaths remain underexplored across demographic and geographic subgroups.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term trends in obesity and HF-related mortality among U.S. adults from 1999 to 2024, with emphasis on disparities by sex, race/ethnicity, age, urbanization, and region.

Methods

Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 adults aged ≥25 years were extracted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database. Deaths with both obesity and HF listed as underlying

SUBMITTER: Sajid M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12615744 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature