Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Turkey between 1995 and 2008


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ÜNAL B., Sozmen K., Arik H., Gerceklioglu G., Altun D. U., Simsek H., ...More

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.13, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1135
  • Journal Name: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Coronary heart disease, Coronary heart disease mortality, Coronary heart disease risk factors, Coronary heart disease management, Turkey, Modelling, TURKISH POPULATION, CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, METABOLIC SYNDROME, RISK-FACTORS, PREVALENCE, TRENDS, HYPERTENSION, DECREASE, DEATHS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have been decreasing in Turkey since the early 1990s. Our study aimed to determine how much of the CHD mortality decrease in Turkey between 1995 and 2008 could be attributed to temporal trends in major risk factors and how much to advances in medical and surgical treatments.