Importance Infectious diseases are mostly preventable but still pose a public health threat in
the United States, where estimates of infectious diseases mortality are not available at the
county level. Objective To estimate age-standardized mortality rates and trends by county
from 1980 to 2014 from lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS,
meningitis, hepatitis, and tuberculosis. Design and Setting This study used deidentified
death records from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and population counts …