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February 8, 2026European Heart Journal0 citations

Hypertension vs Diabetes Related Cardiovascular Deaths: USA Mortality Trends 1999-2023

Hypertension related vs diabetes related cardiovascular deaths which is the bigger killer? a USA mortality trend analysis using CDC WONDER

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MKM Farooq KhanMKM Z J KakakhelSAS Aftab

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Descriptive analysis reports rising cardiovascular mortality from hypertension and diabetes in the USA, highlighting public health implications.

Key Points

  • This research aims to compare cardiovascular mortality trends due to hypertension and diabetes from 1999 to 2023 in the USA.
  • Utilized Multiple Cause of Death Public Use Record Death Certificates
  • Extracted data from CDC WONDER using ICD-10 codes
  • Calculated age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 population
  • Analyzed trends with Joinpoint Regression to determine Annual Percentage Change
  • Hypertension-related CV mortality rose from 42.957 in 1999 to 172.242 in 2021, declining slightly to 157.887 in 2023
  • Diabetes-related CV mortality increased from 64.165 in 1999 to a peak of 81.947 in 2021 before declining to 68.317 in 2023
  • Both conditions saw significant increases around 2021, particularly affecting those over age 65
  • Hypertension is established as a larger contributor to cardiovascular mortality compared to diabetes, especially among older adults.

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Khan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698828410fc35cd7a8847a24https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf784.3354
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