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TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 364-374Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2019.09.005
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Heart diseases; Mortality; Premature; Risk factors; Public health
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Despite the premature heart disease mortality rate among adults aged 25-64 decreasing by 70% since 1968, the rate has remained stagnant from 2011 on and, in 2017, still accounted for almost 1-in-5 of all deaths among this age group. Moreover, these overall findings mask important differences and continued disparities observed by demographic characteristics and geography. For example, in 2017, rates were 134% higher among men compared to women and 87% higher among blacks compared to whites, and, while the greatest burden remained in the southeastern US, almost two-thirds of all US counties experienced increasing rates among adults aged 35-64 during 2010-2017. Continued high rates of uncontrolled blood pressure and increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity pose obstacles for re-establishing a downward trajectory for premature heart disease mortality; however, proven public health and clinical interventions exist that can be used to address these conditions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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