Disparities in temporal and geographic patterns of declining heart disease mortality by race and sex in the United States, 1973-2010

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Vaughan, Adam S ^a,b   Quick, Harrison ^b   Pathak, Elizabeth B ^c   Kramer, Michael R ^a,b   Casper, Michele ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Epidemiology; Heart disease; Mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991523167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002567     Document Type: Article

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