Impact of Social Vulnerability on Comorbid Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial and social disparities exist in outcomes related to cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Objectives

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to study the impact of social vulnerability on mortality attributed to comorbid cancer and CVD.

Methods

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database (2015-2019) was used to obtain county-level mortality data attributed to cancer, CVD, and comorbid cancer and CVD. County-level social vulnerability index (SVI) data (2014-2018) were obtained from the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. SVI percentiles were generated for each county and aggregated to form SVI quartiles. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) were estimated and comp

SUBMITTER: Ganatra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature