[Epidemiology of acute coronary syndrome].
We reviewed the epidemiology of ischemic heart disease (IHD) focusing on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Japan. The age-adjusted mortality from IHD and the age-adjusted incidence of AMI in Japan were nearly the lowest in the world. Vital statistics of Japan showed that the age-adjusted mortality from IHD and AMI had been decreasing since the 1970's until 1993. Rates of new patients of AMI per day have been stable since the early 1980's according to "patient survey". Several population-based studies reported the unchanged age-adjusted incidence of AMI since the late 1950's. In conclusion, the mortality from IHD and the incidence of AMI are very low in Japan, and there is no epidemiological evidence showing an increase in either one.
Tanabe
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Department of Public Health, Niigata University School of Medicine.
Saito
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Suzuki
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Toyoshima
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome