Kearney GD, et al. - Researchers used current national death certificate data to determine deaths attributed to sarcoidosis in the United States. They used a web-based public health database and analysis tool (CDC WONDER) and analyzed 1999-2016 mortality data obtained from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) with sarcoidosis (ICD-D86.X) as the underlying cause of death. These data were extracted from all resident death certificates filed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC). They observed that total number of deaths and age-adjusted rates of sarcoidosis deaths in the U.S. has increased, representing a serious health concern. The black females (17.0 deaths per 1,000,000), and black males (12.4 deaths per 1,000,000) were found to have the highest age-adjusted death rates. At the regional level, the highest overall mean age-adjusted mortality rate (3.7 deaths per 1,000,000) and the highest race-specific reported death rate (18.7 per 1,000,000) was seen in the southern U.S. and among the black females in the Midwest, respectively.