Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Declines in the United States From 1979 Through 2011

Wilmot, Kobina A.; O’Flaherty, Martin; Capewell, Simon; Ford, Earl S.; Vaccarino, Viola

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.115.015293

Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Declines in the United States From 1979 Through 2011

Background— Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have fallen dramatically over the past 4 decades in the Western world. However, recent data from the United States and elsewhere suggest a plateauing of CHD incidence and mortality among young women. We therefore examined recent trends in C…