There was a significant decline in MI incidence in 4 US communities between 1987 and 2008, driven mainly by trends from 1997 to 2008.
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Supports MI prevention gains; extends secular trend data but leaves open persistence in contemporary cohorts.
Rosamond et al. (2012) studied this question.
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