"Sarcoidosis Mortality in the United States, 1979-1991: An Analysis of Multiple-Cause Mortality Data."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Medicine, "Purpose: We sought to describe sarcoidosis mortality in the United States from 1979 through 1991. Methods: We analyzed death certificate reports compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics for the period 1979 through 1991. Results: Of the 26,866,600 people who died during the study period, 9,014 had a diagnosis of sarcoidosis listed on their death certificates. We restricted our study group to 5,791 people who died because of sarcoidosis or one of its complications. Among men, age-adjusted mortality rates increased from 1.3 per 1,000,000 in 1979 to 1.6 per...

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