County-level geographic disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality among US breast cancer survivors, 2000-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality among breast cancer survivors are documented, but geographic factors by county-level socioeconomic status (SES) and rurality are not well described.

Methods

We analyzed 724 518 women diagnosed with localized or regional stage breast cancer between 2000 and 2017 within Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-18 with follow-up until 2018. We calculated relative risks (RRs) of cardiovascular disease mortality using Poisson regression, accounting for age- and race-specific rates in the general population, according to county-level quintiles of SES (measured by Yost index), median income, and rurality at breast cancer diagnosis. We also calculated 10-year cumulative mortality risk of cardiovascular disease acc

SUBMITTER: Ho KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature