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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2021

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Changes in Mortality in Top 10 Causes of Death from 2011 to 2018

Authors: Jamal S. Rana, MD, PhD, FACC, Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2021

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Trends in mortality rates due to leading causes of death reflect the medical, psychosocial, and economic well-being of a society, and a historical snapshot of such trends can help inform policies of the future. Therefore, we examined changes in the number of deaths and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) attributed to the top 10 causes of death between 2011 and 2018, the last year we have data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We chose 2011 as the start date because of earlier work showing a transition in 2011 in 2 of the top 10 causes of death (heart disease and stroke) from a long-term decline to increasing numbers of deaths since then.1 …
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Metadata
Title
Changes in Mortality in Top 10 Causes of Death from 2011 to 2018
Authors
Jamal S. Rana, MD, PhD, FACC
Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-08-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06070-z

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