N Cardiovascular diseases are one of the absolutely largest public health problems in Sweden. The risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases, above all myocardial infarction, declined by about 23% between 1987 and 2002. The risk of dying from coronary disease has declined even more ‐ by about 40%. N The incidence of stroke remained relatively unchanged between 1987 and 2001, with a certain reduction from 1999. Mortality from stroke declined somewhat during the whole of the 1990s.
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