Impact of falling cardiovascular disease death rates: deaths delayed and years of life extended

Death rates from CVD and CHD have declined dramatically in Australia since their peak in the mid 1960s. This report quantifies the number of lives saved since the peak and looks briefly at the age and sex population groups where the impact was likely to have been highest.

ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN 978 1 74024 908 9; Cat. no. AUS 113; 24pp.; $10.00