Coronary heart disease mortality in the United States declined by about 25% between 1968 and 1978 across all sexes, races, and ages.
Highlights a dramatic 25% decline in US coronary heart disease mortality from 1968 to 1978, attributed to risk-factor reduction and improved medical care.
Over a ten-year period, the United States has experienced a dramatic decline in coronary heart disease mortality, which has resulted in an overall reduction in total mortality and increased life expectancy. In this period between 1968 and 1978, the reduction has been about 25% and has occurred in both sexes, all races, and at all ages. The United States is virtually unique in the world in terms of the magnitude of the decline. Unfortunately, when 1980 age-adjusted rates are compared with 1979 rates, there has been a leveling off of the decline, perhaps as a result of unusually high influenza rates and record-breaking temperatures in many cities.1The cause of the decline has been a topic of much speculation. A conference sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in 1978 concluded that both risk-factor reduction and improved medical care contributed to the decline.2It has
Richard J. Havlik (Fri,) conducted a review in Coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease mortality in the United States declined by about 25% between 1968 and 1978 across all sexes, races, and ages.