Disparities in Premature Cardiac Death Among US Counties From 1999-2017: Temporal Trends and Key Drivers.

ABSTRACT: Background Disparities in premature cardiac death (PCD) might stagnate the progress toward the reduction of PCD in the United States and worldwide. We estimated disparities across US counties in PCD rates and investigated county-level factors related to the disparities. Methods and Results We used US mortality data for cause-of-death and demographic data from death certificates and county-level characteristics data from multiple databases. PCD was defined as any death that occurred at an age between 35 and 74 years with an underlying cause of death caused by cardiac disease based on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), codes. Of the 1 598 173 PCDs that occurred during 1999-2017, 60.9% were out of hospital. Although the PCD rates declined from 199

SUBMITTER: Jin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792253 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature