U.S. Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality Trends and Disparities, 1999–2023

1999 to 2023 mortality data for acute myocardial infarction among U.S. adults aged 45 and older, analyzing 3,255,707 deaths. The dataset, authored by Jiayin Zhu and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license, includes age-adjusted mortality rates and joinpoint regression analysis to identify trends and disparities by sex, race, and urban-rural classification.

Use Cases

• Modeling temporal mortality trends based on annual percent change (APC) and average annual percent change (AAPC) metrics
• Analyzing sex-based disparities in cardiovascular mortality based on consistently higher male AAMRs
• Investigating racial disparities in health outcomes based on comparisons between non-Hispanic Black and White individuals
• Assessing urban-rural health inequities based on mortality burden and decline rates across different county classifications

Strengths

• Analyzes 3,255,707 AMI-related deaths, providing substantial statistical power
• Covers a 24-year time span (1999–2023), enabling long-term trend analysis
• Uses standardized age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 population
• Includes sensitivity analysis using CDC WONDER Multiple Cause of Death data for robustness

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is small (145.6 KB), suggesting limited scope or aggregated summary data

Provenance

Source

CDC WONDER underlying cause of death and Multiple Cause of Death datasets

Collection Method

Mortality data retrieval and joinpoint regression modeling

Time Range

1999–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:38:37

Geography

United States