56-year trends and disparities in systemic sclerosis mortality in the United States, 1968–2023: a retrospective population-based study
Abstract Objectives To describe long-term US trends in SSc mortality and disparities by sex, race, region and age. Methods This was a retrospective population-based mortality study using CDC WONDER data from 1968 to 2023. We identified deaths with SSc as the underlying cause of death (UCD) and calculated annual age-adj...