Population
Persons 35 to 64 years of age in Finland who experienced out-of-hospital coronary heart disease deaths…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1983 to 1997
Authors
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Out-of-hospital prevention drove historical CHD mortality declines; extends prior data but leaves open relevance to contemporary populations.
The decline in out-of-hospital CHD deaths was the primary driver of the overall reduction in CHD mortality among middle-aged adults in Finland between 1983 and 1997.
Salomaa et al. (2003) studied this question.
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