Trends and Patterns of Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality Among US Counties, 1980-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the United States, regional variation in cardiovascular mortality is well-known but county-level estimates for all major cardiovascular conditions have not been produced.

Objective

To estimate age-standardized mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases by county.

Design and setting

Deidentified death records from the National Center for Health Statistics and population counts from the US Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Human Mortality Database from 1980 through 2014 were used. Validated small area estimation models were used to estimate county-level mortality rates from all cardiovascular diseases, including ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, hypertensive heart disease

SUBMITTER: Roth GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5598768 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature