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Article: National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994-2004
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- Canadian Medical Association. Journal
- Article date:
- June 23, 2009
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ABSTRACT
Background: Rates of death from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have been steadily declining over the past few decades. Whether such declines are occurring to a similar degree for common disorders such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke is uncertain. We examined recent national trends in mortality and rates of hospital admission for these 3 conditions.
Methods: We analyzed mortality data from Statistic Canada's Canadian Mortality Database and data on hospital admissions from the Canadian Institute for Health Information's Hospital Morbidity Database for the period 1994-2004. We determined age- and sex-standardized rates of death and ...