Mortality resulting from congenital heart disease among children and adults in the United States, 1999 to 2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous reports suggest that mortality resulting from congenital heart disease (CHD) among infants and young children has been decreasing. There is little population-based information on CHD mortality trends and patterns among older children and adults.

Methods and results

We used data from death certificates filed in the United States from 1999 to 2006 to calculate annual CHD mortality by age at death, race-ethnicity, and sex. To calculate mortality rates for individuals ≥1 year of age, population counts from the US Census were used in the denominator; for infant mortality, live birth counts were used. From 1999 to 2006, there were 41,494 CHD-related deaths and 27,960 deaths resulting from CHD (age-standardized mortality rates, 1.78 and 1.20 per 100,000, respect

SUBMITTER: Gilboa SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911018 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature