Rothstein The Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in the Twentieth Century

Emergence and Decline in Advanced Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-33741-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 167 Seiten

This book demonstrates that a pandemic of coronary heart disease occurred in North America, western and northern Europe, and Australia and New Zealand from the 1930s to about 2000. At its peak it caused more deaths than any other disease. The book examines and compares trends in coronary heart disease mortality rates for individual countries. The most detailed analyses are for the United States, where mortality rates are examined for race, sex, and age groups and for geographic regions. Popular explanations for the rise and fall of coronary heart disease mortality rates are examined.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothstein, William G.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pandemics as Historical Events. Overview of the Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in the United States and Methods of Analysis. The Emergence of the Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in the United States. The Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in the United States from 1940 to 1967. Explanations for the Emergence of the Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic. State Differences in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Rates in 1950 and 1960. The Emergence of the Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in Canada and England and Wales. The Peak and Decline of the Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic in the United States, 1970 to 2010. Explanations for the Decrease in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates in the United States from 1970 to 2010. Decreases in State Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates, 1970-1990. The Peak and Decline of the Pandemic in Canada, England and Wales, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Ischemic Heart Disease after the Pandemic.

Über Autor(innen)

William G. Rothstein, PhD., is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.