National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994-2004.

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 hospital admissions per 100,000 population aged 20 years and over as well as in-hospital case-fatality rates.

SUBMITTER: Tu JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696549 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature