Transition From Heart Disease to Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States
Authors: Stephen Sidney, Alan S. Go, Jamal S. Rana
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters6 August 2019Transition From Heart Disease to Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death in the United StatesStephen Sidney, MD, MPH, Alan S. Go, MD, and Jamal S. Rana, MD, PhDStephen Sidney, MD, MPHKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (S.S., A.S.G., J.S.R.), Alan S. Go, MDKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (S.S., A.S.G., J.S.R.), and Jamal S. Rana, MD, PhDKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (S.S., A.S.G., J.S.R.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0202 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Hastings and colleagues (1) provide interesting data to support the finding that heart disease is more likely than cancer to be the leading cause of death in low-income counties in the United States. The authors also state that the United States is in a transition from heart disease to cancer as the leading cause of death. Although many considered this transition imminent as recently as 6 years ago, no evidence shows that it has occurred; rather, current data show a widening gap between mortality rates for heart disease and cancer in a direction against this transition. Heart ...References1. Hastings KG, Boothroyd DB, Kapphahn K, et al. Socioeconomic differences in the epidemiologic transition from heart disease to cancer as the leading cause of death in the United States, 2003 to 2015: an observational study. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:836-44. [PMID: 30422275]. doi:10.7326/M17-0796 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Sidney S, Quesenberry CP, Jaffe MG, et al. Recent trends in cardiovascular mortality in the United States and public health goals. JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1:594-9. [PMID: 27438477] doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1326 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About underlying cause of death, 1999-2016. 2018. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html on 30 November 2018. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (S.S., A.S.G., J.S.R.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L19-0202. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSocioeconomic Differences in the Epidemiologic Transition From Heart Disease to Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States, 2003 to 2015 Katherine G. Hastings , Derek B. Boothroyd , Kristopher Kapphahn , Jiaqi Hu , David H. Rehkopf , Mark R. Cullen , and Latha Palaniappan Transition From Heart Disease to Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States Katherine G. Hastings , Kristopher Kapphahn , Derek B. Boothroyd , David H. Rehkopf , Mark R. Cullen , and Latha Palaniappan Metrics Cited byRational Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Pyrazoline-Based Antiproliferative Agents in MCF-7 Cancer CellsEngineered natural killer cells impede the immunometabolic CD73-adenosine axis in solid tumorsThe LncRNA DUXAP10 Could Function as a Promising Oncogene in Human CancerNational Hospice and Palliative Care Registry in the Republic of KoreaRecent Developments on Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Smart Photo-Therapeutic Agents for Cancer Treatments—A ReviewFacile One‐Pot Synthesis of Magnetic Targeted Polymers for Drug Delivery and Study on Thermal Decomposition Kinetics 6 August 2019Volume 171, Issue 3Page: 225KeywordsCancer epidemiologyCardiovascular therapyDeath ratesDisclosureForecastingHeart rateHispanic peopleMortalityPublic policySocioeconomic status ePublished: 6 August 2019 Issue Published: 6 August 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...