title: [Epidemiology of vascular diseases in Italy].
abstract: The mortality rate from cardiovascular diseases was analysed for Italy as a whole and for individual regions in a sample year (1975). A distinction was made between cardiac and vascular diseases in order to assess the real incidence of the latter. The absolute number of deaths, the percentage mortality and the specific mortality quotient were studied. Deaths were also divided into age groups. Cardiovascular diseases were found to be the primary cause of death, circulatory disease the second. Among the latter, diseases of the encephalic circulation took first place. The same parameters were applied to the 1965-1983 period. Mortality due to cardiovascular disease remained constant over the period since the decrease in deaths from cardiac conditions was offset by an increase in those due to vascular disease in the strict sense. Finally the specific standardised mortality quotients per age and sex were considered in the 1970-1979 period. Mortality trends in Italy and in the individual regions were identical to those described using non-standardised indices.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012737:Sex Factors; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Epidemiologia delle malattie vascolari in Italia.