Volume 10 — December 26, 2013
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Monitoring Progress in Population Health: Trends in Premature Death Rates
A line graph shows the trend lines for premature (<75 y, age-adjusted) death rates from 1990 to 2009 for the states ranked best and worst for current (2009) death rates (Minnesota, best vs Mississippi, worst); follow-up (2000s) trends (New Jersey, best vs Oklahoma, worst); and changes in trends from the baseline (1990s) to the follow-up (2000s) period (Connecticut, best vs New Mexico, worst).
Figure 1. Trends in premature (<75 y, age-adjusted) death rates from 1990 to 2009 for the best- and worst-ranked states, based on current (2009) death rates; follow-up (2000s) trends; and changes in trends from the baseline (1990s) to the follow-up (2000s) period. Data for this graph are available in the Table.
Scatterplot shows the 32 states that had faster rates of improvement during the 2000s than during the 1990s and the 18 states that had a decline in the rate of improvement.
Figure 2. Correlation between baseline and follow-up trends for each state. States in which trends improved are plotted above the line, and states in which trends worsened are plotted below the line. Each state is represented by a diamond. The states with the best/worst performance are identified. Data for this graph are available in the Table. Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).
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