Large health disparities in cardiovascular death in men and women, by ethnicity and socioeconomic status in an urban based population cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic status and ethnicity are not incorporated as predictors in country-level cardiovascular risk charts on mainland Europe. The aim of this study was to quantify the sex-specific cardiovascular death rates stratified by ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in an urban population in a universal healthcare system.

Methods

Age-standardized death rates (ASDR) were estimated in a dynamic population, aged 45-75 in the city of The Hague, the Netherlands, over the period 2007-2018, using data of Statistics Netherlands. Results were stratified by sex, ethnicity (country of birth) and socioeconomic status (prosperity) and compared with a European cut-off for high-risk countries (ASDR men 225/100,000 and women 175/100,000).

Findings

In total, 3073 CVD deaths

SUBMITTER: Kist JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8408518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature