The Mississippi Delta Cardiovascular Health Examination Survey: Study Design and Methods

Table 2

Age-adjusted death rates for major CVDs, heart disease, and stroke for non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites, Mississippi Delta region, Mississippi, and the United States, 2008.

	All			Non-Hispanic black			Non-Hispanic white
	Major CVDs death rate^ab; (95% CI)	Heart disease death rate^ac; (95% CI)	Stroke death rate^ad; (95% CI)	Major CVDs death rate^ab; (95% CI)	Heart disease death rate^ac; (95% CI)	Stroke death rate^ad; (95% CI)	Major CVDs death rate^ab; (95% CI)	Heart disease death rate^ac; (95% CI)	Stroke death rate^ad; (95% CI)
Delta Region^e	369.0	279.6	56.2	443.8	311.0	79.1	314.7	256.8	40.6
	(352.3–385.6)	(265.1–294.0)	(49.7–62.7)	(414.4–473.2)	(286.4–335.5)	(66.7–91.5)	(295.0–334.3)	(239.0–274.5)	(33.6–47.7)
Mississippi	338.9	264.3	52.7	419.1	308.6	74.8	310.7	249.5	44.2
	(332.3–345.4)	(258.5–270.1)	(50.1–55.3)	(404.7–433.4)	(296.3–320.9)	(68.7–80.8)	(303.3–318.1)	(242.8–256.1)	(41.4–47.0)
United States	246.8	189.0	41.3	338.9	250.2	60.3	245.4	189.9	39.9
	(246.2–247.3)	(188.6–189.5)	(41.1–41.5)	(336.7–341.1)	(248.3–252.1)	(59.4–61.2)	(244.8–246.0)	(189.3–190.4)	(39.6–40.1)

CVD: cardiovascular disease. Data source: Compressed Mortality File, CDC Wonder (http://wonder.cdc.gov/). ^aRates are per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. ^bICD-10 codes: I00–I78. ^cICD-10 codes: I00–I09, I11, I13, and I20–I51. ^dICD 10 codes: I60–I69. ^eCounties include Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Desoto, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo.