Prevalence of Single and Multiple Leading Causes of Death by Race/Ethnicity Among US Adults Aged 60 to 79 Years

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Davis, James ; Penha, Janell ; Mbowe, Omar ; Taira, Deborah A.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) (coronary artery disease, heart attack, and angina pectoris), and chronic lung disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are major causes of death in the United States. The objective of this study was to assess racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of these conditions as cause of death among people aged 60 to 79 years with one or more of these conditions.
  
  Methods
  
  We used data on the prevalence of major chronic conditions from the National Health Interview Survey on 56,290 adults aged 60 to 79 years who reported having any of the chronic conditions assessed in the National Health Interview Survey for 2006 through 2014. We compared trends with age for 11 single and multiple conditions. Analyses employed multinomial logistic regression models.
  
  Results
  
  Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks had the greatest prevalence of diabetes, and non-Hispanic whites had the greatest prevalence of cancer and chronic lung disease. The prevalence of multiple chronic diseases in an individual varied less by race/ethnicity. An exception was the prevalence of having both diabetes and CVD, which was higher among Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks than non-Hispanic whites. Non-Hispanic blacks aged 65 years and 75 years had higher odds of having diabetes and cancer than non-Hispanic whites at the same ages. Hispanics had lower odds of having CVD with cancer or chronic lung disease than non-Hispanic whites. Women had a lower age-specific prevalence than men for most of the 11 single and multiple conditions. Most chronic diseases showed an inverse relationship with education and a higher prevalence in the South than in other regions.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Strong racial/ethnic differences exist in the prevalence of single chronic conditions, but differences are lower for prevalence of multiple conditions. Comparing races/ethnicities, the same disease dyads and triads may occur more often in different orders.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Original Research
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160241
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  29049018
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5652239
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 GM104944/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; U54 MD007584/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:c111aaa1ea1da99ca3795149ec327dc2ae70e1bb405d9a471c5c01177b4189bc38e2f25e94030a13121738b5a7f3e653c301b98a55bdc949285f82a631dd760e
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