Epidemiologic studies on cardiovascular-renal diseases: I. Analysis of mortality by age-race-sex-occupation

摘要: Abstract An epidemiologic analysis was accomplished of cardiovascular-renal mortality by age, race, sex, and occupation for the Chicago population aged 25 to 64 in 1951 1953. The following were principal findings: 1. Arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) death rates severalfold higher men than women. This sex differential greater whites nonwhites, chiefly because nonwhite females. Nonwhite male ASHD similar those white males. No significant group differences age-specific observed middle-aged men. 2. Hypertensive nonwhites whites, without a gross differential. pattern also prevailed cerebrovascular diseases, nephritis nephrosis. evaluation made deaths attributed Other Myocardial Degeneration Diseases Heart, particularly relationship patterns hypertensive disease. certified coroner's physicians. Consideration given bearing findings upon current theories concerning etiology these diseases.