Table 1 Redistribution proportions among records with heart failure as the underlying cause of death by state, sex, and race
From: Redistribution of heart failure as the cause of death: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Underlying cause of death | All records | Maryland | Minnesota | Mississippi | North Carolina | Male | Female | Caucasian | African American |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Lower respiratory infections | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
Cancers | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 8.4 |
Diabetes | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 7.8 |
Coronary heart disease | 37.1 | 39.0 | 33.4 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 39.3 | 35.2 | 37.9 | 32.6 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
Hypertensive heart and kidney disease | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 8.7 |
Cardiomyopathy | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.4 |
Other cardiovascular diseases | 10.8 | 10.8 | 14.4 | 6.8 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 7.5 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 4.9 |
Digestive diseases | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
Other | 9.9 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
Dementia | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
Alzheimer’s disease | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 |