2023
Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020
Caraballo C, Massey D, Ndumele C, Haywood T, Kaleem S, King T, Liu Y, Lu Y, Nunez-Smith M, Taylor H, Watson K, Herrin J, Yancy C, Faust J, Krumholz H. Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020. JAMA 2023, 329: 1662-1670. PMID: 37191702, PMCID: PMC10189563, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.7022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcess mortality ratesExcess deathsMortality ratePotential lifeWhite populationExcess mortalitySerial cross-sectional studyHighest excess mortality ratesBlack populationCause-specific mortalityCross-sectional studyHigh mortality rateNon-Hispanic whitesYears of lifeUS national dataMiddle-aged adultsCause mortalityHeart diseaseDeath certificatesNon-Hispanic black populationMAIN OUTCOMEAge groupsDisease controlMortalityBlack males
2015
Life Expectancy and Years of Potential Life Lost After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Race A Cohort-Based Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Bucholz EM, Normand SL, Wang Y, Ma S, Lin H, Krumholz HM. Life Expectancy and Years of Potential Life Lost After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Race A Cohort-Based Study of Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 645-655. PMID: 26248991, PMCID: PMC5459400, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionWhite patientsBlack patientsLife expectancyMyocardial infarctionMedicare beneficiariesCox proportional hazards regressionPotential lifeProspective cohort studyCohort-based studyProportional hazards regressionCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectBurden of diseaseLong-term survivalCohort studyClinical presentationHazards regressionBlack raceSurvival advantageGeneral populationPatientsAverage ageRace differencesLife expectancy estimatesYPLL