Tag: Economic Status

Annual inflation-adjusted health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors projected to triple between 2020 and 2050

10-year risk for cardiovascular disease remained stagnant at >8 percent for U.S. adults with the lowest incomes in 1988 to 2018

Less likely to complete higher levels of education and have lower rates of marriage and parenthood

Neighborhood public assistance in early childhood associated with an increased risk for death by unnatural causes through midadulthood

Individuals with elevated C-reactive protein at 1.0 mg/dL and poverty had a greater risk for 15-year all-cause mortality

Associations with accelerated cognitive decline and increased dementia risk were seen for White participants, those younger than 65 years

However, participation is universally tied to clinical benefits

Neighborhoods with improved socioeconomic and educational opportunity have lower rates of asthma-related emergency visits

Hospitalized adults with household income <$35,000 are 11 percent less likely to receive cardiologist care

Higher-income adults had increase in diabetes and obesity, but no change in hypertension