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Article: Income, income inequality, and cardiovascular disease mortality: relations among county populations of the United States, 1985 to 1994.(Original Article)
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- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Objectives: Despite the major contribution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to total mortality, and reports demonstrating strong relations between income and CVD, the joint relations of population-level income and income inequality with CVD mortality are not well described. This study was undertaken to describe relations among population-level income, income equality, and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke.
Methods: County income distributions were determined from 1990 census data, and CVD mortality rates were obtained from the Compressed Mortality File. Relations among income, income inequality, and CVD mortality were ...