Trends and patterns of disparities in diabetes and chronic kidney disease mortality among US counties, 1980-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes and chronic kidney diseases are associated with a large health burden in the USA and globally.

Objective

To estimate age-standardized mortality rates by county from diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.

Design and setting

Validated small area estimation models were applied to de-identified death records from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and population counts from the census bureau, NCHS, and the Human Mortality Database to estimate county-level mortality rates from 1980 to 2014 from diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Exposures

County of residence.

Main outcomes and measures

Age-standardized mortality rates by county, year, sex, and cause.

Results

Between 1980 and 2014, 2,067,805 de

SUBMITTER: Mokdad AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862531 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature