Demographic and Regional Trends of Heart Failure-Related Mortality in Young Adults in the US, 1999-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are limited data on mortality trends in young adults with heart failure (HF).

Objective

To study the trends in HF-related mortality among young adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort analysis used mortality data of young adults aged 15 to 44 years with HF listed as a contributing or underlying cause of death in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database from January 1999 to December 2019. Analysis took place in October 2021.

Exposures

Age 15 to 44 years with HF listed as a contributing or underlying cause of death.

Main outcomes and measures

HF-related age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) per 100 000 US population stratified by sex, race and e

SUBMITTER: Jain V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330269 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature