Cardiovascular disease is poised to become more common in the years ahead, disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic communities and exacting an enormous toll on the health and quality of life of older Americans.
Among people 65 and older, cardiovascular deaths plunged 22 percent between 1999 and 2010, according to data from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute — a testament to new medical and surgical therapies and treatments and a sharp decline in smoking, among other public health initiatives. Then between 2011 and 2019, deaths climbed 13 percent.
in Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White populations from 1990 to 2019 in all 50 states and D.C. It showed that Black men remain at the highest risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, especially in Southern states along the Mississippi River and in the northern Midwest. Progress stemming deaths from cardiovascular disease in Black men slowed considerably between 2010 and 2019.
What are the implications for the future? “We may need different solutions in different parts of the country,” said Alain Bertoni, an internist and a professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, noting significant variations in cardiovascular health outcomes by geographic location.
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