Background Understanding trends in cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and CV disease
according to age, sex, race, and ethnicity is important for policy planning and public health …

This study estimated the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors,
cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors, and cardiovascular health metrics (CVHMs) among US …

Importance After decades of decline, the US cardiovascular disease mortality rate flattened
after 2010, and racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease mortality persisted …

Background—Accurate forecasting of cardiovascular disease mortality is crucial to guide
policy and programming efforts. Prior forecasts often have not incorporated past trends in …

Background: The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in many
regions of the world. Objectives: The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated …

Importance Income disparity between persons with the most resources (the top 20% of
earners) and the remainder of the population in the United States has dramatically widened …

Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United
States, but regional variation within the United States is large. Comparable and consistent …

Background—The American Heart Association's 2020 Strategic Impact Goals target a 20%
relative improvement in overall cardiovascular health with the use of 4 health behavior …

Background Improving cardiovascular health (CVH) of all Americans by 2020 is a strategic
goal of the American Heart Association. Understanding the sources of variation and …

While gender and racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors have
each been well characterized, few studies have comprehensively examined how patterns of …