Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease in Persons Fifty Years of Age and Younger
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This study was undertaken to describe, epidemiologically, fatal coronary heart disease in persons fifty years of age and younger during a one-year period in an urban-suburban community of approximately 1,000,000 persons.
Abstract
THIS study was undertaken to describe, epidemiologically, fatal coronary heart disease in persons fifty years of age and younger during a one-year period in an urban-suburban community of approximately 1,000,000 persons. The Seattle–King County Department of Public Health served as the operational base of this investigation.The trend of occurrence of coronary heart disease in relation to total mortality in this community is shown in Table 1. The data for this table were compiled by Ravenholt,1 who recoded original certificates of death for the years shown to fit as closely as possible the 1955 International List of Diseases and Causes of . . .