Archita P Desai1, Prashanthinie Mohan2, Anne M Roubal2, Ricki Bettencourt3, Rohit Loomba4. 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Research Institute. 2. Center for Population Science and Discovery, University of Arizona, Tucson. 3. NAFLD Translational Research Unit, Department of Medicine and Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. 4. NAFLD Translational Research Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Epidemiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla. Electronic address: roloomba@ucsd.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Geographic variations in the burden of chronic liver disease may have significant impact on public health policies but have not been explored at the national level. The objective of this study is to examine interstate variability in liver disease mortality in the United States. METHODS: We compared liver disease mortality from the 2010 National Vital Statistics Report on a state level. States in each quartile of liver disease mortality were compared with regard to viral hepatitis death rates, alcohol consumption, obesity, ethnic and racial composition, and household income. Race, ethnicity, and median household income data were derived from the 2010 US Census. Alcohol consumption and obesity data were obtained from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: We found significant interstate variability in liver disease mortality, ranging from 6.4 to 17.0 per 100,000. The South and the West carry some of the highest rates of liver disease mortality. In addition to viral hepatitis death rates, there is a strong correlation between higher percentage of Hispanic population and a state's liver disease mortality rate (r = 0.538, P < .001). Lower household income (r = 0.405, P = .003) was also associated with the higher liver disease mortality. While there was a trend between higher obesity rates and higher liver disease mortality, the correlation was not strong and there was no clear association between alcohol consumption and liver disease mortality rates.
PURPOSE:Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Geographic variations in the burden of chronic liver disease may have significant impact on public health policies but have not been explored at the national level. The objective of this study is to examine interstate variability in liver disease mortality in the United States. METHODS: We compared liver disease mortality from the 2010 National Vital Statistics Report on a state level. States in each quartile of liver disease mortality were compared with regard to viral hepatitis death rates, alcohol consumption, obesity, ethnic and racial composition, and household income. Race, ethnicity, and median household income data were derived from the 2010 US Census. Alcohol consumption and obesity data were obtained from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: We found significant interstate variability in liver disease mortality, ranging from 6.4 to 17.0 per 100,000. The South and the West carry some of the highest rates of liver disease mortality. In addition to viral hepatitis death rates, there is a strong correlation between higher percentage of Hispanic population and a state's liver disease mortality rate (r = 0.538, P < .001). Lower household income (r = 0.405, P = .003) was also associated with the higher liver disease mortality. While there was a trend between higher obesity rates and higher liver disease mortality, the correlation was not strong and there was no clear association between alcohol consumption and liver disease mortality rates.
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