Trends in mortality rates from coronary heart disease in Belgrade (Serbia) during the period 1990-2010: a joinpoint regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary heart disease (CHD) causes an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide each year. In the last few decades, mortality from CHD has been decreasing in many countries. The aim of this study was to analyze the trends of mortality from CHD and myocardial infarction (MI) in the population of Belgrade during the period 1990-2010.

Methods

Mortality data for CHD and MI were obtained from the Municipal Institute of Statistics in Belgrade and used to calculate age- and sex-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to estimate annual percent changes (APCs) in mortality and to identify points in time where significant changes in trend occur.

Results

Trends in CHD mortality rates showed significant decline in men during the pe

SUBMITTER: Vujcic IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878899 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature