County-Level Variation in Cirrhosis-Related Mortality in the US, 1999-2019

Audrey Y Ha; Michael H Le; Linda Henry; Yee Hui Yeo; Ramsey C Cheung; Mindie H Nguyen

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46427

County-Level Variation in Cirrhosis-Related Mortality in the US, 1999-2019

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2146427. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46427.

Authors

Audrey Y Ha¹, Michael H Le¹, Linda Henry¹, Yee Hui Yeo², Ramsey C Cheung^{1

3}, Mindie H Nguyen^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
² Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VA Palo Alto HCS, Palo Alto, California.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study characterizes cirrhosis mortality by metropolitan categories and potential disparities among the various rural and urban demographic subgroups using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER database.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cause of Death / trends*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Forecasting
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / epidemiology*
Liver Cirrhosis / mortality*
Local Government*
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality / trends*
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
Rural Population / trends*
United States / epidemiology
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data
Urban Population / trends*