Cross-sectional study
State-Level Cardiovascular Mortality Rates Among Hispanic, Non-Hispanic Black, and Non-Hispanic White Populations, 1990 to 2019
- Cross-sectional study
Authors' conclusion
The findings of this study indicate that CVD mortality varied widely by state and race and ethnicity group.
Study context
- Population
- Persons who died of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the US, by state and race and ethnicity, 1990–2019CVD deaths 1990–2019
- Participants
- 25,397,029 persons
- Exposure
- CVD mortality by state and race and ethnicity group
- Blackn = 2,921,650
- Hispanicn = 1,159,498
- Whiten = 21,315,880
- Outcome
- CVD death counts and mortality rates
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Age-standardized CVD mortality per 100 000 persons · 2019
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Median percentage change in CVD mortality across states, 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000
- White female: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −6.8 [−10.1 to −4.3] vs −10.2 [−12.9 to −5.9]
- White male: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −4.6 [−8.6 to −2.5] vs −16.5 [−19.3 to −15.4]
- Black female: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −15.1 [−18.9 to −11.7] vs −12.6 [−19.6 to −7.8]
- Hispanic female: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −23.5 [−29.2 to −18.5] vs −8.2 [−17.8 to 5.96]
- Black male: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −13.1 [−18.7 to −8.6] vs −18.6 [−25.5 to −14.7]
- Hispanic male: 2010–2019 vs 1990–2000 (IQR)
- −20.4 [−25.6 to −15.6] vs −21.5 [−31.1 to −5.7]
State-level variability
- Substantial state-level variability in total CVD and component-cause deaths in 2019 and in changes from 1990 through 2019
Original publication
State-Level Cardiovascular Mortality Rates Among Hispanic, Non-Hispanic Black, and Non-Hispanic White Populations, 1990 to 2019. JAMA Cardiol. Published 1 May 2023. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.0112
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it