Declining cardiovascular mortality masks unpalatable inequalities
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Declining cardiovascular mortality.
IN THE 20 years prior to 1983 the overall death rate for the cardiovascular diseases declined an impressive 36% nationwide. The rate per year.declined in 18 of these years, declining 1.5% per year between 1963 and 1973 and 3.3% per year since then. Because this group of iiseases accounts for one-half of all deaths, a death rate that is 36% lower in 1982 than in 1963 translates into about 500,00...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1355-6037,1468-201X
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315708