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Article: Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease in Germany: results of the MONICA Project Augsburg, 1985-1990. (addresses by Ulrich Keil, Birgit Filipiak, Angela Doring, Hans-Werner Hense, Michael Lewis, Hannelore Lowel, Jutta Steiber) (Proceedings of the 1992 International Symposium on Public Health Surveillance) (Transcript)
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- December 1, 1992
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INTRODUCTION
In the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), trends in cardiovascular disease have been monitored primarily through official mortality statistics. Over the past 10 years, these statistics show that premature mortality (i.e., deaths of persons ages 25--64 years) from all causes and mortality from cardiovascular disease (ICD-9 390--459) and coronary heart disease (CHD) (ICD-9 410-414) have been declining among men and women in the western part of the FRG (West Germany) [1,2]. Among men, the annual decreases in mortality from all causes, from cardiovascular disease, and from CHD are 1.8%, 2.8%, and 3.2%, respectively (Figure 1). Among women, the ...