Thirty-six Year Trends in Mortality from Diseases of Circulatory System in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Understanding the trends in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is important for developing burden reduction strategies. Based on the Cause of Death Statistics, we examined the changing patterns of CVD mortality in Korea between 1983 and 2018.

Methods

Causes of death were coded according to the International Classification of Disease, 10th revision. Deaths from all diseases of circulatory system (I00-I99) and the following 6 subcategories were analyzed: total heart diseases (I00-I13 and I20-I51), hypertensive heart diseases (I10-I13), ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25), myocardial infarction (I21-I23), heart failure (I50), and cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69). Crude, age-standardized, and age-stratified rates were calculated to assess temporal t

SUBMITTER: Baek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022022 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature