Neighborhood Deprivation Trends in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy

Abstract

Residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods have higher rates of cardiovascular disease, increased healthcare resource usage, and earlier death. The area deprivation index (ADI) is a tool that allows for percentile rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic disadvantage and includes factors for income, education, employment, and housing quality, where “neighborhood” is defined as a census block group containing ≤3000 people. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ADI for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) to elucidate its potential impact on postoperative outcomes.