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In 2019, county-level cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States was 237.8 deaths per 100,000, with Black populations highest and Asian populations lowest across most detailed causes.
- Why it matters: CVD remains the leading cause of death and a major driver of U.S. health disparities, but county-scale patterns by race/ethnicity and specific CVD causes were not well quantified over time.
- What they did: Using death certificate data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System, the study estimated age-standardized mortality rates for 3,110 counties, 5 race/ethnicity groups, 21 CVD causes, and 2000–2019 via small-area estimation, adjusting for race/ethnicity misreporting and standardizing to the 2010 census.
- The result: Mortality declined from 2000 to 2019 for total CVD and 12 of 17 detailed causes, but increased for 3 detailed causes, while county variation and spatial patterns differed widely by cause and race/ethnicity.
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