association of sociodemographic factors with the age at death due to cardiovascular diseases background the association of cardiovascular diseases with sociodemographic factors has not been fully exploredaim to analyze the association of sociodemographic features with the survival time of individuals who died due to cardiovascular diseasesmaterial and methods the death registries published by the ministry of health were analyzed all deaths due to cardiovascular diseases occurred between 2001 and 2013 in people aged over one year were considered using a principal component analysis the age at death was associated with sociodemographic features such as sex marital status residence zone schooling work status and medical care prior to deathresults a total of 293370 cardiovascular deaths were analyzed the median age at death was 77 years not receiving medical care prior to death was significantly associated with a lower age at the moment of the decease mainly between 20 and 80 years of age among men being occupationally active hazard ratio hr 15 p 001 and being unemployed hr 11 p 001 were risks factors for early cardiovascular death being married having higher schooling residing in urban areas and having prior medical care were associated with a higher age at the moment of deceaseconclusions sociodemographic profiles are associated with the age at death due to cardiovascular diseases the effect of not receiving medical care on the age at death is noteworthy and reflects social inequities in the access to health care