Coronary Heart Disease in 70 Countries Round the World over 50 Years

Realization that the relative rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortalitybetween countries is dynamic brings new opportunities for epidemiologicalanalysis and understanding of the disease. The purpose of this book was toexamine the patterns and determinants of the CHD epidemic across differentparts of the world, to review the contribution of the four major modifiableCHD risk factors to the decline of the epidemic in developed countries andto examine whether changes in mortality accompanied or preceded themajor risk factor changes over time. This book also aimed to prioritisepotential interventions to tackle major risk factors in developing countrieswith increasing mortality from CHD.This book also aimed to prioritisepotential interventions to tackle major risk factors in developing countrieswith increasing mortality from CHD.