Re: Mortality rate for hear disease down, at least in Minnesota

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Maybe it's because some have become aware.

My neighbor who is now 92yo, I met in 1990 and he had heart disease. He was walking 5 miles per day measured on a road. He had an coronary artery "cleaning" about 1995, but as he grew weaker, he quit walking and his knees were wearing out.

About 1998, he had a quad bypass, and begin to add weight, not restricting anything in his diet. He added enough weight to build up his belly had become sedentary. He had knee operations.

Then his wife began to get weaker and stop cooking, so he lost a lot of weight and strength, so much so, I had to lift him upright if he sat down out side. He must have weighed <135#, because I lifted him like a feather to his feet.

He later survived a stroke, now lives with his 75 yo daughter, gets regular meals, and walks a few miles per day with her husband.

He is lucid, doesn't remember everything, but can still tell the stories how he bummed the railroads in 1930's looking for work.

He had given up smoking many years ago and he didn't drink.

It is my belief that changes in medical care have made all the difference in comparing todays risks with those of say 30 yrs ago. But it requires some awareness on the patient's part.

Regards.

[ ] Mortality rate for hear disease down, at least in Minnesota

Interesting study.http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/dh/3255This account says nothing about the diagnosis of CVD and its ravage Perhaps more people are living longer, but who knows at what level of QOL?Mike

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Hi JW:

Looking at the data for 'deaths from diseases of the heart' they

peaked around 1960 at about 42% of total US deaths. In the latest

data available, it is down to 27.3%, and the decline shows no sign of

stopping any time soon .............. the age adjusted death rate

for that category was down 6.4% in 2004 compared with 2003.

If you add in strokes to get total cardiovascular mortality the

numbers are even more impresssive - down from 55% of all deaths to

34%. So deaths from heart disease, as a percentage of total deaths,

are down about 35% from where they were in 1960, and stoke deaths are

~50% lower.

My recollection is that the downtrend began in California, and did

not show up in the east of the country until perhaps ten years

later. And seemed to parallel quite nicely declines in intake of

dietary fats, first on the west coast and later in the east. But

certainly treatments have improved in the past twenty years also.

Rodney.

--- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@...>

wrote:

>

> Maybe it's because some have become aware.

> My neighbor who is now 92yo, I met in 1990 and he had heart

disease. He was walking 5 miles per day measured on a road. He had an

coronary artery " cleaning " about 1995, but as he grew weaker, he quit

walking and his knees were wearing out.

> About 1998, he had a quad bypass, and begin to add weight, not

restricting anything in his diet. He added enough weight to build up

his belly had become sedentary. He had knee operations.

>

> Then his wife began to get weaker and stop cooking, so he lost a

lot of weight and strength, so much so, I had to lift him upright if

he sat down out side. He must have weighed <135#, because I lifted

him like a feather to his feet.

> He later survived a stroke, now lives with his 75 yo daughter, gets

regular meals, and walks a few miles per day with her husband.

> He is lucid, doesn't remember everything, but can still tell the

stories how he bummed the railroads in 1930's looking for work.

> He had given up smoking many years ago and he didn't drink.

>

> It is my belief that changes in medical care have made all the

difference in comparing todays risks with those of say 30 yrs ago.

But it requires some awareness on the patient's part.

>

> Regards.

>

>

> [ ] Mortality rate for hear disease down,

at least in Minnesota

>

>

> Interesting study.

>

> http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/dh/3255

>

> This account says nothing about the diagnosis of CVD and its

ravage

> Perhaps more people are living longer, but who knows at what

level of

> QOL?

>

> Mike

>

[Guest guest]

And people are smoking less than they used to, also.

Rodney.

> >

> > Maybe it's because some have become aware.

> > My neighbor who is now 92yo, I met in 1990 and he had heart

> disease. He was walking 5 miles per day measured on a road. He had

an

> coronary artery " cleaning " about 1995, but as he grew weaker, he

quit

> walking and his knees were wearing out.

> > About 1998, he had a quad bypass, and begin to add weight, not

> restricting anything in his diet. He added enough weight to build

up

> his belly had become sedentary. He had knee operations.

> >

> > Then his wife began to get weaker and stop cooking, so he lost a

> lot of weight and strength, so much so, I had to lift him upright

if

> he sat down out side. He must have weighed <135#, because I lifted

> him like a feather to his feet.

> > He later survived a stroke, now lives with his 75 yo daughter,

gets

> regular meals, and walks a few miles per day with her husband.

> > He is lucid, doesn't remember everything, but can still tell the

> stories how he bummed the railroads in 1930's looking for work.

> > He had given up smoking many years ago and he didn't drink.

> >

> > It is my belief that changes in medical care have made all the

> difference in comparing todays risks with those of say 30 yrs ago.

> But it requires some awareness on the patient's part.

> >

> > Regards.

> >

> >

> > [ ] Mortality rate for hear disease down,

> at least in Minnesota

> >

> >

> > Interesting study.

> >

> > http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/dh/3255

> >

> > This account says nothing about the diagnosis of CVD and its

> ravage

> > Perhaps more people are living longer, but who knows at what

> level of

> > QOL?

> >

> > Mike

> >

>