In the last 35 years, mortality from most major infectious diseases declined in the U.S. but differed substantially among counties; the burden of disease was highest in the Southern U.S.
Infectious diseases mortality in the U.S. has declined in the past century, in part because of improvements in healthcare and sanitation. However, no estimates exist of infectious diseases mortality at a county level. Investigators used deidentified death records from the National Center for Health Statistics and population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau to estimated infectious diseases mortality at the county level from 1980 through 2014 for six infectious diseases: lower respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases, hepatitis, meningitis, and tuberculosis — which together accounted for 95.5% of total infectious diseases deaths.
Between 1980 and 2014 mortality from infectious diseases decreased by 19% but was significantly highe…
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DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)
DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)