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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2008) 5, 180
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1138  

Decline in CHD mortality is slowing in individuals under 55 years of age

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Although annual mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US has declined since the 1960s, there is concern that the rate of decline has begun to slow in recent decades. Ford and Capewell used vital statistics data for individuals in the US aged greater than or equal to35 years and census counts for the years 1980, 1990 and 2000 to determine trends in the annual change in CHD mortality.

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