Association Between Aging of the US Population and Heart Disease Mortality From 2011 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A deceleration in the rate of decrease of heart disease (HD) mortality between 2011 and 2014 has been reported. In the context of the rapid increase in the population of adults aged 65 years and older, extending the examination of HD mortality through 2017 has potentially important implications for public health and medical care.

Objective

To examine changes in the age-adjusted mortality rate and the number of deaths within subcategories of HD from 2011 to 2017 in conjunction with the change in the size of the US population during the same period.

Design, setting, and participants

In this quality improvement study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) data set was used to identify na

SUBMITTER: Sidney S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822092 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature