Changes in the Leading Cause of Death: Recent Patterns in Heart Disease and Cancer Mortality.

Issue: 254, Pages: 1 - 8
Published: Aug 1, 2016
Abstract
Data from the National Vital Statistics System •Heart disease has consistently been the leading cause of death in the United States and remained so in 2014. •The gap between the number of heart disease and cancer deaths generally widened from 1950 through 1968, narrowed from 1968 through 2012, and then slightly widened again from 2012 through 2014. •The mortality burden of cancer has surpassed that of heart disease in several states. In 2000,...
Paper Details
Title
Changes in the Leading Cause of Death: Recent Patterns in Heart Disease and Cancer Mortality.
Published Date
Aug 1, 2016
Journal
Issue
254
Pages
1 - 8
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