Contribution of trends in survival and coronary-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality:10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA project populations. Monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease

The WHO MONICA (monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) Project monitored, from the early 1980s, trends over 10 years in coronary heart disease (CHD) across 37 populations in 21 countries. We aimed to validate trends in mortality, partitioning responsibility between changing coronary-event rates and changing survival