{"id":2152,"date":"2014-04-14T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2014-04-14T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:30:45","slug":"pulmonary-hypertension-deaths-increase-in-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2014\/04\/14\/2152\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonary Hypertension Deaths Increase in Past Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\"><a title=\"Pulmonary Hypertension Fact Sheet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/dhdsp\/data_statistics\/fact_sheets\/fs_pulmonary_hypertension.htm\">Pulmonary hypertension (PH)<\/a> is an uncommon but progressive condition. Much of what we know about PH comes from specialized disease registries.\u00a0 PH <\/span>occurs when the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which carry oxygen and blood from the heart to the lungs, is much higher than normal.\u00a0 <span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\">The decline in death rates associated with PH among males from 1980 to 2005 has reversed and now shows a significant increasing trend. Similarly, the death rates for women with PH have continued to significantly increase during the past decade, according to new research in the April 3rd edition of\u00a0 <i>Chest Journal.<\/i>\u00a0 However, t<span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\">here have been significant declines in PH-associated mortality rates for those with pulmonary embolism and emphysema. <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The article, \u201c<a title=\"Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance \u2014 United States, 2001\u20132010\" href=\"http:\/\/journal.publications.chestnet.org\/article.aspx?articleid=1857526\"><i>Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance \u2014 United States, 2001\u20132010<\/i><\/a>,\u201d authored by\u00a0<span id=\"scm6MainContent_lblAuthors\" class=\"authorNames\">Mary G. George, Linda J. Schieb, Carma Ayala, Shaleah Levant, and <span id=\"scm6MainContent_lblAuthors\" class=\"authorNames\">Anjali Talwalkar of the National Center for Health Statistics <\/span> <\/span>shows c<span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\">ontinued surveillance of PH helps us understand and address evolving trends in hospitalization and mortality associated with PH and for PH-associated conditions, especially for sex, age, and race\/ethnicity disparities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\">The study is based on <span id=\"scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_0\" class=\"Abstract 49144891 0 1\">analyzed mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System and data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey between 2001 and 2010.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance \u2014 United States, 2001\u20132010\" href=\"http:\/\/journal.publications.chestnet.org\/article.aspx?articleid=1857526\">http:\/\/journal.publications.chestnet.org\/article.aspx?articleid=1857526<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pulmonary Hypertension Fact Sheet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/dhdsp\/data_statistics\/fact_sheets\/fs_pulmonary_hypertension.htm\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/dhdsp\/data_statistics\/fact_sheets\/fs_pulmonary_hypertension.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an uncommon but progressive condition. Much of what we know about PH comes from specialized disease registries.\u00a0 PH occurs when the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which carry oxygen and blood from the heart to the lungs, is much higher than normal.\u00a0 The decline in death rates associated with PH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}