The new old epidemic of coronary heart disease
January 1999
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OBJECTIVES: This study quantified the consequences for prevalence of increased survival of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the Netherlands from 1980 to 1993. METHODS: A multistage life table fitted observed mortality and registration rates from the nationwide hospital register. The outcome was prevalence by age, sex, period, and disease state. RESULTS: The prevalence of CHD from 1980 to 1993 was 4.4% (men, aged 25 to 84 years) and 1.4% (women, aged 25 to 84 years). Between 1980-1983 and 1990-1993, the incidence changed little, but age-adjusted prevalence increased by 19% (men) and 59% (women). CONCLUSIONS: Sharply decreasing mortality but near-constant attack rates of CHD caused distinct increases in prevalence, particularly among the elderly.
- Male
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Humans
- Middle aged
- Netherlands/epidemiology
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Sex Distribution
- Incidence
- Prevalence
- Survival Analysis
- Population Surveillance
- Life Tables
- Coronary Disease/*epidemiology/*mortality
- Disease Outbreaks/*statistics & numerical data
- Survival Rate/trends
- Mortality/trends
- event
- disease
- health
- death
- netherland
- population
- incidence
- study
- mortality
- heart
- table
- sensitivity limits
- patient
- infarction
- 60-84
- 25-59
- admission
- 1980-1983
- women
- result
