Premature Death

Adults with CVD, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases and comorbid psychiatric conditions are at “substantially” increased risk for premature death or death by suicide compared with adults without psychiatric comorbidities, data show.

A 21-year study showed that, among people with HIV, Black women had the highest rate of premature death, researchers reported during IDWeek.

Women with previous pregnancy losses had an increased risk for premature death from all causes and cardiovascular mortality, according to results of a prospective cohort study.

Increased incarceration rates in counties across the U.S. were linked to increased risk for mortality from infectious diseases, chronic lower respiratory disease, substance abuse, suicide and multiple other causes, according to research published in Lancet Public Health.

Adults who were born prematurely may be at an elevated risk for premature death from all causes, as well as death from noncommunicable diseases such as CVD, chronic lung disease and diabetes, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with premature CAD had frequent ischemic recurrences and a high proportion of modifiable CV risk factors, and often died young, researchers reported.

Women reporting consistently long or irregular menstrual cycles are more likely to die of cancer or cardiovascular disease compared with women who report regular menses, according to data published in The BMJ.

Preterm birth may be an independent risk factor for early mortality in women, according to a study published in BMJ.

In the U.S. since 2010, the overall decline in premature cardiac death slowed, but there were significant state-to-state, socioeconomic and demographic differences, researchers reported.

Rates of CVD mortality have been on the decline across the U.S., but researchers found that this trend may not be representative of all subgroups, according to a recent study published in JAMA Cardiology.