2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, PMCID: PMC11581672, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent ageLong-term exposure to wildland fire smoke PM2.5 and mortality in the contiguous United States
Ma Y, Zang E, Liu Y, Wei J, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Bell M, Chen K. Long-term exposure to wildland fire smoke PM2.5 and mortality in the contiguous United States. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2403960121. PMID: 39316057, PMCID: PMC11459178, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403960121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWildland firesContiguous United StatesNonaccidental mortalityExposure to ambient fine particlesSmoke PM<sWildland fire smokeMoving average concentrationsAmbient fine particlesLong-term exposureAverage concentrationSmoke PMHealth risksFine particlesFire smokeTemporal confoundingHealth effectsKidney disease mortalityChronic kidney disease mortalityPublic health actionFireMortality rateUnited StatesDisease mortalityHealth actionsMortality outcomesCause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population
Arun A, Caraballo C, Sawano M, Lu Y, Khera R, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Cause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2436402. PMID: 39348122, PMCID: PMC11443349, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36402.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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
2016
Sick Populations and Sick Subpopulations
Lu Y, Ezzati M, Rimm EB, Hajifathalian K, Ueda P, Danaei G. Sick Populations and Sick Subpopulations. Circulation 2016, 134: 472-485. PMID: 27324491, PMCID: PMC5001154, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.018102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple risk factorsCVD death ratesHigh-risk individualsRisk factorsNonfatal CVDCVD riskCVD deathFatal CVDDeath rateRisk-based interventionsWhite menCVD ratesNutrition Examination Survey 1999Cardiovascular disease death ratesWhite womenRacial disparitiesRisk of CVDExamination Survey 1999Black-white differencesDisease death ratesYears of ageBlack womenBlack menSick populationNational Health
2012
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei G, Shibuya K, Adair-Rohani H, AlMazroa M, Amann M, Anderson H, Andrews K, Aryee M, Atkinson C, Bacchus L, Bahalim A, Balakrishnan K, Balmes J, Barker-Collo S, Baxter A, Bell M, Blore J, Blyth F, Bonner C, Borges G, Bourne R, Boussinesq M, Brauer M, Brooks P, Bruce N, Brunekreef B, Bryan-Hancock C, Bucello C, Buchbinder R, Bull F, Burnett R, Byers T, Calabria B, Carapetis J, Carnahan E, Chafe Z, Charlson F, Chen H, Chen J, Cheng A, Child J, Cohen A, Colson K, Cowie B, Darby S, Darling S, Davis A, Degenhardt L, Dentener F, Jarlais D, Devries K, Dherani M, Ding E, Dorsey E, Driscoll T, Edmond K, Ali S, Engell R, Erwin P, Fahimi S, Falder G, Farzadfar F, Ferrari A, Finucane M, Flaxman S, Fowkes F, Freedman G, Freeman M, Gakidou E, Ghosh S, Giovannucci E, Gmel G, Graham K, Grainger R, Grant B, Gunnell D, Gutierrez H, Hall W, Hoek H, Hogan A, Hosgood H, Hoy D, Hu H, Hubbell B, Hutchings S, Ibeanusi S, Jacklyn G, Jasrasaria R, Jonas J, Kan H, Kanis J, Kassebaum N, Kawakami N, Khang Y, Khatibzadeh S, Khoo J, Kok C, Laden F, Lalloo R, Lan Q, Lathlean T, Leasher J, Leigh J, Li Y, Lin J, Lipshultz S, London S, Lozano R, Lu Y, Mak J, Malekzadeh R, Mallinger L, Marcenes W, March L, Marks R, Martin R, McGale P, McGrath J, Mehta S, Memish Z, Mensah G, Merriman T, Micha R, Michaud C, Mishra V, Hanafiah K, Mokdad A, Morawska L, Mozaffarian D, Murphy T, Naghavi M, Neal B, Nelson P, Nolla J, Norman R, Olives C, Omer S, Orchard J, Osborne R, Ostro B, Page A, Pandey K, Parry C, Passmore E, Patra J, Pearce N, Pelizzari P, Petzold M, Phillips M, Pope D, Pope C, Powles J, Rao M, Razavi H, Rehfuess E, Rehm J, Ritz B, Rivara F, Roberts T, Robinson C, Rodriguez-Portales J, Romieu I, Room R, Rosenfeld L, Roy A, Rushton L, Salomon J, Sampson U, Sanchez-Riera L, Sanman E, Sapkota A, Seedat S, Shi P, Shield K, Shivakoti R, Singh G, Sleet D, Smith E, Smith K, Stapelberg N, Steenland K, Stöckl H, Stovner L, Straif K, Straney L, Thurston G, Tran J, Van Dingenen R, van Donkelaar A, Veerman J, Vijayakumar L, Weintraub R, Weissman M, White R, Whiteford H, Wiersma S, Wilkinson J, Williams H, Williams W, Wilson N, Woolf A, Yip P, Zielinski J, Lopez A, Murray C, Ezzati M. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet 2012, 380: 2224-2260. PMID: 23245609, PMCID: PMC4156511, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61766-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond-hand smokeDisease Study 2010High blood pressureRisk factorsDisease burdenGlobal disease burdenTobacco smokingRisk factor exposureBlood pressureGlobal DALYsChildhood underweightRelative riskGlobal burdenStudy 2010Unimproved waterCommunicable diseasesHigher body mass indexHigh-income North AmericaAlcohol useChildhood communicable diseasesDisability-adjusted life yearsRisk factor clustersDietary risk factorsCause-specific deathBody mass index