Association Between County-Level Change in Economic Prosperity and Change in Cardiovascular Mortality Among Middle-aged US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

After a decline in cardiovascular mortality for nonelderly US adults, recent stagnation has occurred alongside rising income inequality. Whether this is associated with underlying economic trends is unclear.

Objective

To assess the association between changes in economic prosperity and trends in cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective analysis of the association between change in 7 markers of economic prosperity in 3123 US counties and county-level cardiovascular mortality among 40- to 64-year-old adults (102 660 852 individuals in 2010).

Exposures

Mean rank for change in 7 markers of economic prosperity between 2 time periods (baseline: 2007-2011 and follow-up: 2012-2016). A higher mean rank

SUBMITTER: Khatana SAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7856543 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature