Matthew D. Ritchey D.P.T from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta along with his colleagues studied the contributions of heart disease subtypes such as coronary HD (CHD) mortality to over heart disease death trends.
From the CDC WONDER database, researchers took the data and analyzed it that contained death certificate information taken from every US state as well as the Columbia District. They reviewed the deaths occurred between 2000 and 2010 among the residents of the United States who are 35 years old or older than that. The causes of death under terms CHD, heart failure, hypertensive HD (HHD), valvular HD, pulmonary HD, arrhythmia and other HD.
Between 2000 and 2010 about 7,102,778 deaths were reported. The death rate dropped on annual basis by -3.8 % for HD and -5.1 % for CHD. Mortality rate increased for the patients having HHD at the rate of 1.3 % and also for arrhythmia at the rate of 1.0 %. As for the other subtypes, the death rate dropped. The HHD rate rose up among non-Hispanic whites and remained the same for the non-Hispanic blacks. But it remained a lot more higher for non-Hispanic blacks in 2010.
The authors of the report wrote that the proportions of heart disease related deaths related to HHD as well as arrhythmia are considerably small but the rise in the death rate is no doubt notable. They concluded that obesity and uncontrolled blood pressure among younger adults are putting them at high risk of developing HHD at a very early stage. They specifically mentioned the non-Hispanic blacks.
In spite of the fact that mortality decreased in heart related diseases, burden is still there. It is the responsibility of public health and clinical communities that they should apply interventions to prevent HD and it subtypes.
