Key result
Heart disease led US mortality in 1940 at ~293 deaths per 100,000.
Why the study?
Coronary heart disease is the chief cause of death and morbidity in the country, yet its importance has not been sufficiently emphasized, especially among military personnel.
Design
Review article
Authors
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Historical U.S. heart disease mortality data from 1940 underscore early epidemic scale; leaves open how prevention has altered contemporary trajectories.
The article emphasizes the high and increasing mortality rate of coronary heart disease in the United States up to 1940.
A. M. Master (1944) conducted a review in Coronary heart disease. Heart disease, especially coronary heart disease, was the chief cause of death and morbidity in the United States in 1940, with a mortality rate of 292.5 per 100,000.
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