title: Mortality and morbidity of heart diseases in Hong Kong, 1971-1994.
abstract: This the second of two feature articles at the end of this issue. "In Hong Kong, heart diseases have been the second leading cause of death, after cancer, since the 1960s.... The purpose of this article is to examine the trends of mortality and morbidity of heart diseases in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1994. Age and sex differentials of deaths due to heart diseases are also analysed.... In general, the number of deaths due to heart diseases increased with age for either sex and males were more vulnerable to heart diseases than females. The age-specific death rates of either sex were quite stable over time and no increasing trend was observed. Compared with the crude death rate due to heart diseases, the standardized death rate showed a marked downward trend. These suggest that the increase in deaths due to heart diseases was mainly due to the ageing population."
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006331:Heart Diseases; D006723:Hong Kong; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Age Specific Death Rate; Asia; Causes Of Death; Death Rate; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Diseases; Eastern Asia; Heart Diseases; Hong Kong; Morbidity; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Sex Factors