Increasing Mortality From Premature Coronary Artery Disease in Women in the Rural United States

Authors :: Matthias Bossard
Yllka Latifi
Matteo Fabbri
Reto Kurmann
Miriam Brinkert
Mathias Wolfrum
Benjamin Berte
Florim Cuculi
Stefan Toggweiler
Richard Kobza
Alanna M. Chamberlain
Federico Moccetti
Source :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 9, Iss 9 (2020)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Wiley, 2020.
Abstract: Background Previous reports have described a leveling off of mortality from premature coronary artery disease (CAD). In recent years, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors has increased in rural communities and young adults. Methods and Results We extracted CAD mortality rates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide‐Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database from 1999 to 2017, focusing on mortality from premature CAD (defined as

Subjects :: epidemiology
gender
mortality
premature coronary artery disease
race
rural
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701

Language :: English
ISSN :: 20479980
Volume :: 9
Issue :: 9
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.7207bb2fc9ea4b51b7a2e2f42e954901
Document Type :: article
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.015334

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