[Social stress as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease].
OBJECTIVE
To study dynamics of ischemic heart disease in exposure of the population of an industrial city to social-economic stress.


METHODS
Official annual records of Saratov city Health Administration for 1989-1998. In public health evaluation, cardiovascular morbidity is the index rapidly reacting to social-economic changes. Descrete data of myocardial infarction and angina prevalence for the analysed time were approximated by polynomes of high degree. As a result, the first and second derivatives--speed and acceleration--were obtained.


RESULTS
A rise in MI morbidity reflected a rise in social tension. The disturbance of the population system of an industrial center (in conditions of a social stress) is accompanied by marked deformation of the profile of cardiovascular diseases in the industrial region: the growth of MI prevalence is associated with lowering of angina pectoris morbidity.


CONCLUSIONS
A rise in MI incidence rate is proposed as an indicator of social-economic stability or instability. Instability of IHD morbidity in the population allows consideration of social stress as its risk factor.
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D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*