Variations in cardiovascular disease mortality by time and place: the challenge

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of MedicineVolume 20, Issue 5 p. 636-638 Free Access Variations in cardiovascular disease mortality by time and place: the challenge ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE, ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE Professor, Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this author ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE, ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE Professor, Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1990 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1990.tb00391.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. References 1 WHO MONICA Project Principal Investigators (Prepared by H. Tunstall-Pedoe). WHO MONICA Project (Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease): a major international collaboration. J Clin Epidemiol 1988; 41: 105– 14. 2 Rose G. Cold weather and ischaemic heart disease. Br J Prev Soc Med 1966; 20: 97– 100. 3 Anderson TW, Le Riche WH. Cold weather and myocardial infarction. Lancet 1970; 1: 291– 6. 4 McKee CM. Deaths in winter: can Britain learn from Europe Eur J Epidemiol 1989; 5: 178– 82. 5 Scragg R. Seasonal variation of mortality in Queensland. Community Health Studies 1982; 6: 120– 9. 6 Marshall RJ, Scragg R, Bourke P. An analysis of the seasonal variation of coronary heart disease mortality in New Zealand. Int J Epidemiol 1988; 17: 325– 31. 7 Dunningan MG, Harland WA, Fyfe T. Seasonal incidence and mortality of ischaemic heart disease. Lancet 1970; ii: 793– 7. 8 Thakur CP, Anand MP, Shahi MP. Cold weather and myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 1987; 16: 19– 25. 9 Brennan PJ, Greenberg G, Miall WE, Thompson SG. Seasonal variation in arterial blood pressure. Br Med J 1982; 285: 919– 23. 10 Gordon DJ, Trost DC, Hyde J, Whaley FS, Hannan PJ, Jacobs DR. Seasonal cholesterol cycles: the Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial placebo group. Circulation 1987; 76: 1224– 31. 11 Beaglehole R, Dobson A, Hobbs MST, Jackson R, Martin CA. Coronary heart disease in Australia and New Zealand. Int J Epidemiol 1989; 18(Suppl 1): S145– 8. 12 Gibberd RW, Dobson AJ, Florey C du V, Leeder SR. Differences and comparative declines in ischaemic heart disease mortality among subpopulations in Australia, 1969–78. Int J Epidemiol 1984; 13: 25– 31. 13 West RR, Lowe CR. Mortality from ischaemic heart disease—inter-town variation and its association with climate in England and Wales. Int J Epidemiol 1976; 5: 195– 201. 14 Keatinge WR, Coleshaw SRK, Cotter F, Mattock M, Murphy M, Chelliah R. Increases in platelets and red cell counts, blood viscosity, and arterial pressure during mild surface cooling: factors in mortality from coronary and cerebral thrombosis in winter. Br Med J 1984; 289: 1405– 8. 15 Anderson TW, Rochard C. Cold snaps, snowfall and sudden death from ischemic heart disease. Can Med Assoc J 1979; 121: 1580– 3. 16 Glass RI, Zack MM. Increase in deaths from ischaemic heart disease after blizzards. Lancet 1979; i: 485– 7. 17 Voors AW, Johnson WD. Altitude and arteriosclerotic heart disease mortality in white residents of 99 of the 100 largest cities in the United States. J Chron Dis 1979; 32: 157– 62. 18 West R. Seasonal variation in CHD mortality. Int J Epidemiol 1989; 18: 463– 4. 19 Bainton D, Jones GR, Hole D. Influenza and ischaemic heart disease - a possible trigger for acute myocardial infarction Int J Epidemiol 1978; 7: 231– 9. 20 Scragg R. Seasonally of cardiovascular disease mortality and the possible protective effect of ultra-violet radiation. Int J Epidemiol 1981; 10: 337– 41. 21 Scragg R, Jackson R, Holdaway IM, Lim T, Beaglehole R. Myocardial infarction is inversely associated with plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels: a community-based study. Int J Epidemiol (in press). Volume20, Issue5October 1990Pages 636-638 ReferencesRelatedInformation