Citation

Junge B. Klin. Wochenschr. 1985; 63(17): 793-801.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Springer Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4057912

Abstract

Changes in causes of death in Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States for the period 1968 to 1978 are compared using data from sources published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The main reason for the mortality decline recorded in all three countries during this period was a decline in mortality from diseases of the circulatory system: cerebrovascular diseases in Japan, ischemic heart diseases in the United States, and other forms of heart diseases in the Federal Republic of Germany. The highest percentage increase in mortality was for lung cancer in all three countries and for other forms of heart diseases in the United States.

Language: en