Trends and Patterns of Differences in Chronic Respiratory Disease Mortality Among US Counties, 1980-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Chronic respiratory diseases are an important cause of death and disability in the United States.

Objective

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

Design, setting, and participants

Validated small area estimation models were applied to deidentified death records from the National Center for Health Statistics and population counts from the US Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, and Human Mortality Database to estimate county-level mortality rates from 1980 to 2014 for chronic respiratory diseases.

Exposure

County of residence.

Main outcomes and measures

Age-standardized mortality rates by county, year, sex, and cause.

Results

A total of 4 616 711 deaths due to chronic r

SUBMITTER: Dwyer-Lindgren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818814 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature