BMJ  2005;330 (7 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7499.0

Overall incidence of first diagnosed coronary heart disease remains the same

A big drop in the rate of substantial coronary events between 1980 and 2000 in the United Kingdom seems to have been largely offset by the increase in diagnosing angina. In a cohort of 7735 men aged 40-59 at entry, Lampe and colleagues (p 1046) detected 1561 major coronary events over the 20 year period. The rate of major coronary events fell by an average of 3.6% a year, whereas the rate of first diagnosed angina increased by an average of 2.6% a year. These trends did not differ by social class.

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Trends in rates of different forms of diagnosed coronary heart disease, 1978 to 2000: prospective, population based study of British men
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