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This page lists the latest information on peer reviewed chronic disease prevention research. Please note that if you are looking for an item which pre-dates mid-March 2011 you will need to search our archive news and research directory.

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Article title
Determinants of the decline in mortality from acute myocardial infarction in England between 2002 and 2010: linked national database study
Source
BMJ; online first;
Date 25 January 2012
Abstract
Aim: To report trends in event and case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction and examine the relative contributions of changes in these rates to changes in total mortality from acute myocardial infarction by sex, age, and geographical region between 2002 and 2010.
Conclusion: Just over half of the decline in deaths from acute myocardial infarction during the 2000s in England can be attributed to a decline in event rate and just less than half to improved survival at 30 days. Both prevention of acute myocardial infarction and acute medical treatment have contributed to the decline in deaths from acute myocardial infarction over the past decade.
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