Table 2.

Census Population and Cardiovascular and Valvular Heart Disease Deaths by Region

Population	Northeast (region 1), n (%)	Midwest (region 2), n (%)	South (region 3), n (%)	West (region 4), n (%)	Total, n (%)
Total population	989 744 746	1 174 560 460	1 998 181 533	1 247 162 472	5 409 649 211
All‐cause mortality	10 555 896 (18.85)	13 061 398 (23.32)	21 474 392 (38.34)	10 922 416 (19.50)	56 014 102 (100)
Cardiovascular disease deaths	3 697 047 (19.71)	4 388 498 (23.39)	7 087 291 (37.78)	3 586 615 (19.12)	18 759 451 (100)
Valvular heart disease deaths	97 441 (21.84)	110 504 (24.77)	133 053 (29.83)	105 098 (23.56)	446 096 (100)
Aortic regurgitation deaths	2236 (18.81)	2754 (23.17)	2889 (24.30)	4009 (33.72)	11 888 (100)
Aortic stenosis deaths	64 196 (23.22)	68 361 (24.73)	78 898 (28.54)	65 004 (23.51)	276 459 (100)
Mitral regurgitation deaths	11 030 (20.85)	13 254 (25.05)	16 308 (30.82)	12 316 (23.28)	52 908 (100)
Mitral stenosis deaths	2421 (20.00)	2960 (24.46)	3744 (30.94)	2977 (24.60)	12 102 (100)