Recent Trends in Heart Failure-related Mortality: United States, 2000-2014

Abstract

Heart failure is a major public health problem associated with significant hospital admission rates, mortality, and costly health care expenditures, despite advances in the treatment and management of heart failure and heart failure-related risk factors. Using data from the multiple cause of death files, this report describes the trends in heart failure-related mortality from 2000 through 2014 for the U.S. population, by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and place of death. Heart failure-related deaths were identified as those with heart failure reported anywhere on the death certificate, either as an underlying or contributing cause of death. Changes in the underlying causes of heart failure-related deaths are also described in this report.