Tag: MORT
Life Expectancy Down to 76.4 Years in 2021
Age-specific deaths rates increased for all age groups 1 year and over; no significant change seen in infant mortality rates
Child Homicides Up Across Several Subpopulations
Children ≤10 years often victims perpetrated by parents/caregivers, while children ≥11 years more often perpetrated by friends/acquaintances
Reduced eGFR Linked to Increased Mortality in A-Fib
Moderately-to-severely decreased eGFR had significant effect on all-cause mortality specifically in those with low socioeconomic status
High Coffee Intake Linked to CVD Mortality in Severe Hypertension
No association seen for people with optimal and normal BP, high-normal BP, grade 1 hypertension
Overdose Deaths Up in Teens From July to December 2019 to 2021
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Prepandemic Levels
COVID-19 will remain the third-largest killer for 2022, behind heart disease and cancer, even with the reduced numbers
Deaths Mentioning Long COVID Identified in United States
Percentage of COVID-19 deaths with long COVID peaked in June 2021 and April 2022 at 1.2 and 3.8 percent
States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths
States with heavily restricted access to abortion in 2020 had a maternal death rate 62 percent higher than states with easier access
Risk-Reducing Medications Can Cut Breast Cancer Death Rates
Tamoxifen with annual screening reduced invasive breast cancers and breast cancer deaths by 40 and 57 percent, respectively
Extreme Temperatures Up Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality
At extreme temperature percentiles, risk increased for dying from any cardiovascular cause, ischemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure
