Decline in mortality in Japan, USA, and the Federal Republic of Germany--the contribution of the specific causes of death
Junge, B.
Klinische Wochenschrift 63(17): 793-801
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2173 PMID: 4057912 DOI: 10.1007/bf01732283Document Number: 421107
Changes in causes of death in Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States for the period 1968 to 1978 are compared using data from sources published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The main reason for the mortality decline recorded in all three countries during this period was a decline in mortality from diseases of the circulatory system: cerebrovascular diseases in Japan, ischemic heart diseases in the United States, and other forms of heart diseases in the Federal Republic of Germany. The highest percentage increase in mortality was for lung cancer in all three countries and for other forms of heart diseases in the United States.