Secular trends in cardiovascular disease mortality, incidence, and case fatality rates in adults in the United States Ahmet Ergin, MD, PhD, MPH, Paul Muntner, PhD, MHS, Roger Sherwin, MB, BChir, Jiang He, MD, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 117, Issue 4, Pages 219-227 (August 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.017 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Age-standardized mortality (top), incidence (center), and 28-day case fatality (bottom) rates of cardiovascular disease in the 1971–1982 and 1982–1992 cohorts. AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CHD = coronary heart disease; CVD = cardiovascular disease. The American Journal of Medicine 2004 117, 219-227DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.017) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Cumulative mortality for cardiovascular disease among patients surviving to day 28. The American Journal of Medicine 2004 117, 219-227DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.017) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions