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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION — INCIDENCE IN ALBURY–WODONGA
Author(s) -
Stephens W. B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb50109.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , epidemiology , coronary heart disease , medicine , sudden death , demography , population , disease , cardiology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
The incidence of first–episode myocardial infarction (and sudden death) has been determined from an epidemiological study of coronary heart disease during the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. This appears to be the first such study on an Australian population. The methodology used has allowed comparison of results with figures published from 12 other studies in the Western world. The Albury–Wodonga study focuses attention on a relatively high incidence of the disease in women, and in both sexes in old age.