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Racial, biological sex, and geographic disparities of venous thromboembolism in the United States, 2016 to 2019.

Ahmed M AfifiMatthew LeverichKirollos TadrousseGang RenMunier Nazzal
Published in: Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders (2024)
Over the study period (2016-2019), we report the racial, biological sex, and geographical disparities from the National Inpatient Sample database, highlighting that Black inpatients had the highest incidence of PE and DVT, whereas Asian/Pacific Islander inpatients had the lowest incidences of PE and DVT. Moreover, women had a lower incidence compared with men. The observed regional variations indicated that the incidence of PE was highest in the Mountain region, whereas the incidence of DVT was lowest in the Middle Atlantic region. There was an increase in the mortality of inpatients diagnosed with VTE reflecting the growing burden of this condition in the US health care system.
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