Between 1970 and 1994, age-adjusted death rates for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases decreased in the US, Australia, Western/Southern Europe, and Japan, but increased in Eastern Europe.
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What are the secular trends in age-adjusted death rates from ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases across selected countries between 1970 and 1994?
The study highlights significant geographic disparities in cardiovascular mortality trends, with decreasing rates in Western countries and Japan contrasting with increasing rates in Eastern Europe from 1970 to 1994.
The aim of this report is to describe age-adjusted death rates from ischemic heart diseases (IHD) and cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) in recent years and secular trends in the selected countries. World Health Statistics Annuals by the World Health Organization were used for data sources. From 1994 annual statistics, among males, the countries with the highest age-adjusted death rates were as follows in decreasing order: Hungary, former Czechoslovakia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Finland for IHD; Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, former Czechoslovakia and Poland for CVD. On the other hand, the countries with the lowest rates were as follows in increasing order: Japan, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy for IHD; Switzerland, Canada, the United States, France and Australia for CVD. The trends of age-adjusted death rates both in IHD and CVD for 1970-1994 decreased in the United States, Australia, Western and Southern Europe and Japan, while both IHD and CVD rates tended to increase in Eastern Europe. Decreasing trends seen in the countries that already showed marked decrease in 1970s through the mid 1980s, seemed to be blunted in recent years. Some countries whose death rates were relatively high showed decreasing trends that lagged behind the other countries: Spain, Poland and Greece for IHD; and Hungary for CVD. J Epidemiol, 1996 ; 6 : S189-S196.
Nakayama et al. (Mon,) conducted a observational in Ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. Secular trends was evaluated on Age-adjusted death rates from IHD and CVD. Between 1970 and 1994, age-adjusted death rates for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases decreased in the US, Australia, Western/Southern Europe, and Japan, but increased in Eastern Europe.