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Original Article The Incidence Rate of Coronary Heart Disease in City Area.
Byung Yeol Chun, Kwon Bae Kim, Kee Sik Kim, Young Jo Kim, Yoon Nyun Kim, Chang Yoon Kim, Wee Hyun Park, Dong Gu Shin, Bong Sub Shin, Jong Joo Lee, Choong Won Lee, Sung Gug Chang, Jae Eun Jun, Yong Keun Cho, Shung Chuil Chae, Gi Yong Choi, Young Ae Ha, Young Sook Lee
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health 1998;31(3):395-403
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1Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpuk Natinal University, Korea.
2Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyemyung University, Korea.
3Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea.
4Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea.
5Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpuk Natinal University, Korea.
6Department of Internal Medicine, Taegu Fatima Hosipital, Korea.
7Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyemyung University, Korea.
8Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Taegu Hyosung Catholic University, Korea.
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To estimate the incidence rate of coronary heart disease in Korea, of all residents of the Taegu city aged 25 or above, those who had an acute MI or fatal coronary event between 1 July 1996 and 30 June 1997 were registered. Seven hundreds and eight patients were registered during the study period(685 were identified at hospital and 23 were autopsy cases). Age-standardized annual incidence rate of men in city area was 93 per 100,000(95% CI; 61-142) and 33(95% CI; 16-67) in women(100 in men and 20 in women aged 35-64). The incidence was rapidly increased after age 40 in men, however, in women after age 60. Twenty-eight-days case fatality rate was 45% in men and 47% in women. However, in the age group of 45-59 case fatality rate in women was two times higher than that in men. In conclusion, crude annual incidence rate of CHD in city area was 73 per 100,000 in men and 33 in women. The age-standardized annual incidence of CHD in men(93 per 100,000) was 3.2 times higher than that in women (33 per 100,000) in Korea.

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