Tag: mortality trends
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Why Cancer Death Rates Are Falling for Young Adults—Except for One Type
What the new study shows A recent study from the American Cancer Society, published in JAMA, analyzes national mortality data to understand how cancer deaths are changing among younger adults. The takeaway is hopeful: death rates from most cancers are trending downward for people under 50. Yet the research also flags one cancer type that…
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How Covid-19 Accelerated U.S. Heart Failure Deaths: A Worrying Reversal in Trends
Introduction: A troubling reversal in a long-running trend For years, the United States had seen a gradual decline in deaths from heart failure. That trajectory appears to have shifted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with mortality from heart failure climbing faster since 2020. New research analyzing national data suggests that the pandemic did…
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Heart Failure Deaths Accelerate in the US After COVID-19 Pandemic
Overview: A Reversal in Heart Failure Mortality Trends New research indicates that heart failure deaths in the United States have begun climbing again after a long period of decline, with the pace of increase accelerating since 2020. While the pandemic directly claimed lives, it also appears to have indirectly influenced a worsening trajectory for cardiovascular…