Is Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Still Declining?

Results from an analysis of U.S. death certificates from 1999 to 2017

Due to advances in diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has been steadily declining over the past several decades. However, CVD remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., and the rate of decline in mortality has seemed to be flattening. To learn more, investigators used CDC data to quantify changes in death rates from 1999 to 2017 for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension.

Deaths were identified by International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD), codes and were adjusted for age and race (black and white).The total age-adjusted rates for mortality per 100,000 changed from 266.5 in 1999 to 165.0 in 2017 for heart disease, from 61.6 to 37.6 for stroke, from 25.0 to 21.5 for diabetes, an…

Reviewing Author

Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardNovoNordisk; HealthPals; Novartis; Amgen

EquityHealthPals; Carta

Grant/Research SupportNational Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association–Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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