27/12/2025
🏆A previous study showed that the lowest death rates for in the US included Vermont, Minnesota, Virginia, Washington state (by 32-44%).
☠️Highest rates were Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico (41-65% more SLE deaths than expected).Comparing New Mexico to Vermont, the death rate was 3-fold higher in New Mexico for white and black women, but 5-fold higher for other races.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/096120301682430230
📢Another study showed that the Northeast had the lowest SLE death rates (per 100,000 patients).
☠️Death rates in the South were 3-times greater than the Northeast
"Residents of the Midwest (3474 deaths among residents of the Midwest [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.372; 95% CI, 0.359-0.384]; AOR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.12), South (8346 deaths among residents of the South [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.454; 95% CI, 0.445-0.464]; AOR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.25-1.36), and West (4180 deaths among residents of the West [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.475; 95% CI, 0.460-0.490]; AOR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.30-1.43) had significantly higher mortality risk than residents of the Northeast (2866 deaths among residents of the Northeast [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.349; 95% CI, 0.336-0.362])."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39936240/
https://acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acr.25509
Certainly, this is multifactorial: insurance, number of rheumatologists, health care disparities, political environment on providing healthcare to the population, UV light exposure, lifestyle habits, obesity prevalence, etc.A previous study showed that the lowest death rates for SLE in the US included Vermont, Minnesota, Virginia, Washington state (by 32-44%).
Highest rates were Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico (41-65% more SLE deaths than expected).
Comparing New Mexico to Vermont, the death rate was 3-fold higher in New Mexico for white and black women, but 5-fold higher for other races.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/096120301682430230
Another study showed that the Northeast had the lowest SLE death rates (per 100,000 patients). Death rates in the South were 3-times greater than the Northeast:
"Residents of the Midwest (3474 deaths among residents of the Midwest [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.372; 95% CI, 0.359-0.384]; AOR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.12), South (8346 deaths among residents of the South [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.454; 95% CI, 0.445-0.464]; AOR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.25-1.36), and West (4180 deaths among residents of the West [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.475; 95% CI, 0.460-0.490]; AOR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.30-1.43) had significantly higher mortality risk than residents of the Northeast (2866 deaths among residents of the Northeast [predicted annual mortality per 100 000 of 0.349; 95% CI, 0.336-0.362])."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39936240/
https://acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acr.25509
Certainly, this is multifactorial: insurance, number of rheumatologists, health care disparities, political environment on providing healthcare to the population, UV light exposure, lifestyle habits, obesity prevalence, etc.