The pill and mortality from cardiovascular disease: another look.
Analysis of U.S. mortality statistics shows that since adoption of the pill, deaths among women of reproductive age from cardiovascular diseases have declined much more steeply than have death rates for comparable men. This suggests that the high level of risk of death from such diseases associated with pill use in other studies are exaggerated.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral