(Circulation. 1996;93:2033-2036.)
© 1996 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Comparison of Sudden and Nonsudden Coronary Deaths in the United States
From the Office on Smoking and Health (L.G.E.) and the Division of Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention (M.M.Z.), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Ga.
Correspondence to Luis G. Escobedo, MD, Mail Stop K-50, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Background The present study was designed to compare risk factor prevalences in coronary heart disease deaths in persons dying within 1 hour of onset of cardiovascular symptoms (sudden coronary death), those dying without such sudden symptoms (nonsudden coronary death), and those with unknown duration of symptoms before death (other coronary death).
Methods and Results Data from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey and the US Bureau of the Census were examined to assess death rates for sudden, nonsudden, and other coronary deaths. Multivariate logistic regression methods were used to calculate the odds ratio (OR), compared with nonsudden and other coronary deaths, for sudden coronary death associated with socioeconomic status variables, the person's location at death, and coronary heart disease risk factors. Mortality rates for all coronary deaths increased with age, were higher for men than women, and increased with decreasing years of schooling. The rate of sudden coronary death was highest for Hispanics. In 1986, an estimated 251 000 sudden coronary deaths (95% CI=238 000 to 263 000) occurred in the United States. Sudden coronary deaths were less likely than nonsudden coronary deaths to occur at home (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.4 to 0.6), but individuals who died of sudden coronary death were more likely to have been current cigarette smokers (OR=1.3, 95% CI=1.0 to 1.8). No other modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease distinguished sudden coronary deaths from nonsudden coronary deaths.
Conclusions Contrary to the commonly held view, coronary deaths in the home are more likely to be nonsudden than sudden. Cigarette smoking more likely results in sudden than nonsudden coronary death, perhaps because of nicotine-induced ventricular arrhythmias.
Key Words: coronary disease • mortality • smoking • death, sudden
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