Association of Cardiovascular Disease With Premature Mortality in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite substantial declines in CVD mortality rates during past decades, progress against cardiovascular deaths in midlife has stagnated, with rates increased in some US racial/ethnic groups.

Objective

To examine the trends in premature (ages 25-64 years) mortality from CVD from 2000 to 2015 by demographics and county-level factors, including education, rurality, and the prevalence of smoking, obesity, and diabetes.

Design, setting, and participants

This descriptive study used US national mortality data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data set and included all CVD deaths among individuals ages 25 to 64 years from January 2000 to December 201

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802055 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature