Publications by authors named "R Woodruff"
Article Synopsis
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults have historically been grouped with Asian adults in mortality data, but since 2018, they've been reported separately, allowing better insights into their health statistics.
- From 2018 to 2022, NHPI adults experienced 10,870 deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), with a mortality rate of 369.6 deaths per 100,000, which is significantly higher than the rate for Asian adults (243.9 per 100,000).
- The study highlights the need for further research into NHPI health issues since their high CVD mortality rate was previously obscured when grouped with Asian populations.
Introduction: Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) increased in 2020 and 2021, and provisional data indicated an increase in 2022, resulting in substantial excess CVD deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated estimates using final data for 2022 are needed.
Methods: The National Vital Statistics System's final Multiple Cause of Death files were analyzed in 2024 to calculate AAMR from 2010 to 2022 and excess deaths from 2020 to 2022 for U.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, national cardiovascular disease (CVD) death rates increased, especially among younger adults. County-level variation has not been documented. Using county-level CVD deaths (ICD-10 codes: I00-I99) from the US National Vital Statistics System, we developed a Bayesian multivariate spatiotemporal model to estimate excess CVD death rates in 2020 based on trends from 2010-2019 for adults aged 35-64 and ≥65 years.
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