Details:

Personal Author:
Cohen, Bruce B. ; Kleinman, Joel C.
Cohen, Bruce B. ; Kleinman, Joel C. Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Analysis.
Description:
In Statistical Notes for Health Planners No. 6, the uses of cause-specific mortality data in health planning were discussed.1 Any complete analysis of mortality must include an assessment of heart disease mortality. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States’ with ischemic heart disease (IHD) accounting for nearly 90 percent of the deaths in this category. Deaths in two other International Classification of Disease, Adapted for Use in the United States (ICDA) categories—other heart disease and symptoms and ill-defined conditions-are also examined in this Note. It was felt that IHD may, in fact, be the actual cause of death for some of these nonspecific mortality codes (see appendix I). Thus if IHD mortality rates seem low where less specific disease mortality rates seem high, the combined rate may be a better indicator of the true burden of coronary heart disease mortality.

statnthp10acc.pdf


Subject:
[+]
Adult Aged Age Factors Coronary Disease/mortality Female Health Status Indicators Health Surveys Heart Diseases/mortality Humans Male Middle Aged Sex Factors
Source:
Stat Notes Health Plann. 1979 Nov;(10):1-166.
Series:
Statistical notes for health planners ; no. 10 ; DHEW publication no. ; (PHS) 80-1237
Statistical notes for health planners ; no. 10 ; DHEW publication no. ; (PHS) 80-1237 Less -
Document Type:
Newsletter
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:5b1ddcea302daa112412eb3c8f2327ccf421fafacb847f02141bf9a947865e72
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104151/cdc_104151_DS1.pdf
File Type:

Supporting Files

• No Additional Files

More +