Open AccessChallenges of Ascertaining National Trends in the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease in the United States
Author(s) -
Ford Earl S.,
Roger Véronique L.,
Dunlay Shan M.,
Go Alan S.,
Rosamond Wayne D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.114.001097
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , biostatistics , public health , family medicine , gerontology , population , atlanta , incidence (geometry) , library science , environmental health , pathology , physics , optics , metropolitan area , computer science
Despite major therapeutic advances, the public health burden associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) remains enormous with approximately 525 000 people predicted to have a new myocardial infarction (MI) in 2013, ≈15.4 million estimated to be living with CHD in 2013, and ≈1 346 000 people