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. 2018;3(3):65-78.
doi: 10.22158/rhs.v3n3p65.

Data Talks: Obesity-Related Influences on US Mortality Rates

Malcolm J D'Souza  1 , Riza C Bautista  1   2 , Derald E Wentzien  1
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Data Talks: Obesity-Related Influences on US Mortality Rates

Malcolm J D'Souza et al. Res Health Sci. 2018.

Abstract

Background: In the US, obesity is an epidemiologic challenge and the population fails to comprehend this complex public health issue. To evaluate underlying obesity-impact patterns on mortality rates, we data-mined the 1999-2016 Center for Disease Control WONDER database's vital records.

Methods: Adopting SAS programming, we scrutinized the mortality and population counts. Using ICD-10 diagnosis codes connected to overweight and obesity, we obtained the obesity-related crude and age-adjusted causes of death. To understand divergent and prevalence trends we compared and contrasted the tabulated obesity-influenced mortality rates with demographic information, gender, and age-related data.

Key results: From 1999 to 2016, the obesity-related age-adjusted mortality rates increased by 142%. The ICD-10 overweight and obesity-related death-certificate coding showed clear evidence that obesity factored in the male age-adjusted mortality rate increment to 173% and the corresponding female rate to 117%. It also disproportionately affected the nation-wide minority population death rates. Furthermore, excess weight distributions are coded as contributing features in the crude death rates for all decennial age-groups.

Conclusions: The 1999-2016 data from ICD-10 death certificate coding for obesity-related conditions indicate that it is affecting all segments of the US population.

Keywords: ICD-10; mortality rates; obesity; overweight.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. A SAS Generated Line Graph Showing the Disparities Due to Race, on Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates, Where There Was Any Mention of Obesity on the Death Record
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. A 1999–2016 SAS Generated Line Graph Indicating Gender Differences from the National Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates Where Obesity Was Mentioned on the Death Record
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Figure 3.. A 1999–2016 SAS Generated Line Graph Indicating Gender Differences from the National Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates for Whites Where Obesity Was Mentioned on the Death Record
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Figure 4.. A 1999–2016 SAS Generated Line Graph Indicating Gender Differences from the National Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates for Blacks or African Americans Where Obesity Was Mentioned on the Death Record
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Figure 5.. A 1999–2016 SAS generated line graph indicating age-group differences from the National Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates Where Obesity Was Mentioned on the Death Record
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