| Evidence of a "heart failure belt" in the southeastern United States. | |
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PMID: 21247536 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The southeastern region of the United States is known as the "stroke belt" because of excess stroke mortality in this region compared to the rest of the country. However, whether a similar geographic variation in heart failure mortality exists is unknown. Using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research publicly available compressed mortality data files and 2000 United States population as the standard, we estimated age-adjusted heart failure and stroke mortality rates per 100,000 for patients of all ages, men and women, and all races during 1979 through 1998 in the United States and mapped rates at the state level. Age-adjusted heart failure mortality rate for the 6 contiguous southeastern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Georgia) was 31.0/100,000, which was 69% higher than the national rate of 18.3/100,000. This geographic disparity was similar in African-Americans (32.9/100,000 in the southeast vs 21.7/100,000 nationally) and whites (30.8/100,000 in the southeast vs 18.1/100,000 nationally). These findings suggest that, in addition to the stroke belt, the southeastern region of the United States may also be burdened by a "heart failure belt." To better understand the causes of excess stroke mortality in the stroke belt, the National Institutes of Health has funded the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study (n = 30,239, >1/2 from the southeastern region), which provides a unique opportunity to study the underlying causes of excess heart failure mortality in the heart failure belt. |
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Authors:
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Marjan Mujib; Yan Zhang; Margaret A Feller; Ali Ahmed |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-01-19 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of cardiology Volume: 107 ISSN: 1879-1913 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Cardiol. Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-03-07 Completed Date: 2011-06-03 Revised Date: 2012-09-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0207277 Medline TA: Am J Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 935-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Copyright Information:
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Published by Elsevier Inc. |
Affiliation:
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University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA. |
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African Americans
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statistics & numerical data Age Distribution European Continental Ancestry Group / statistics & numerical data Female Heart Failure / ethnology, mortality* Humans Male Southeastern United States / epidemiology Stroke / ethnology, mortality* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 HL085561-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL097047-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01-HL085561/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01-HL097047/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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