Coronary heart disease epidemiology and demographics

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Overview

Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of sudden death,^[1] and is also the most common reason for death of men and women over 20 years of age. According to present trends in the United States, half of healthy 40-year-old males will develop CHD in the future, and one in three healthy 40-year-old women.^[2] According to the Guinness Book of Records, Northern Ireland is the country with the most occurrences of CHD.

References

↑ Thomas AC, Knapman PA, Krikler DM, Davies MJ (1988). “Community study of the causes of “natural” sudden death”. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 297 (6661): 1453–6. PMC 1835183. PMID 3147014. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Rosamond W, Flegal K, Friday G, Furie K, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Ho M, Howard V, Kissela B, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lloyd-Jones D, McDermott M, Meigs J, Moy C, Nichol G, O’Donnell CJ, Roger V, Rumsfeld J, Sorlie P, Steinberger J, Thom T, Wasserthiel-Smoller S, Hong Y (2007). “Heart disease and stroke statistics–2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee”. Circulation. 115 (5): e69–171. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.179918. PMID 17194875. Retrieved 2013-01-10. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[pmid3147014-1] Thomas AC, Knapman PA, Krikler DM, Davies MJ (1988). “Community study of the causes of “natural” sudden death”. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 297 (6661): 1453–6. PMC 1835183. PMID 3147014. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[pmid17194875-2] Rosamond W, Flegal K, Friday G, Furie K, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Ho M, Howard V, Kissela B, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lloyd-Jones D, McDermott M, Meigs J, Moy C, Nichol G, O’Donnell CJ, Roger V, Rumsfeld J, Sorlie P, Steinberger J, Thom T, Wasserthiel-Smoller S, Hong Y (2007). “Heart disease and stroke statistics–2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee”. Circulation. 115 (5): e69–171. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.179918. PMID 17194875. Retrieved 2013-01-10. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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