George A Mensah, Richard S Cooper, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Lisa A Cooper, Justin D Smith, C Hendricks Brown, John M Westfall, Elizabeth O Ofili, LeShawndra N Price, Sonia Arteaga, Melissa C Green Parker, Cheryl R Nelson, Bradley J Newsome, Nicole Redmond, Rebecca A Roper, Bettina M Beech, Jada L Brooks, Debra Furr-Holden, Samson Y Gebreab, Wayne H Giles, Regina Smith James, Tené T Lewis, Ali H Mokdad, Kari D Moore, Joseph E Ravenell, Al Richmond, Nancy E Schoenberg, Mario Sims, Gopal K Singh, Anne E Sumner, Roberto P Treviño, Karriem S Watson, M Larissa Avilés-Santa, Jared P Reis, Charlotte A Pratt, Michael M Engelgau, David C Goff, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable
Cardiovascular disparities remain pervasive in the United States. Unequal disease burden is evident among population groups based on sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, educational attainment, nativity, or geography. Despite the significant declines in cardiovascular disease mortality rates in all demographic groups during the last 50 years, large disparities remain by sex, race, ethnicity, and geography. Recent data from modeling studies, linked micromap plots, and small-area analyses also demonstrate prominent variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates across states and counties, with an especially high disease burden in the southeastern United States and Appalachia...
January 19, 2018: Circulation Research