Academic Editor: Alpo Vuorio
Background/Objective: Heart disease is the leading cause of death among
women in the United States, and women are experiencing more strokes at younger
ages than men. Despite accumulating evidence of increased burden of heart disease
among women, there is little data on gender difference in heart disease-related
mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This study extracted the
data of weekly number of deaths between January 2017 and December 2020 from the
United States Center for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) mortality and
morbidity data, modified to a monthly scale. Stratified by gender, the study
applied the Farrington method on monthly data to calculate excess number of
deaths. Excess heart disease-related deaths were observed in March and July 2020
for both males and females. Results: While the overall number of heart
disease-related deaths was higher in men than women among US population