[Karl Loren: The statement just below is a bald lie, and the lie has been admitted by the President of the American Heart Association. This quote has a source, and has been repeated millions of times -- always a lie, and always to convince you that you should continue using the recommendations (diet, cholesterol-lowering drugs and bypass surgery) from the American Heart Association.]
Age-adjusted death rates per 100,000 persons (standardized to the 1940 U.S. population) for diseases of the heart (i.e., coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, and rheumatic heart disease) have decreased from a peak of 307.4 in 1950 to 134.6 in 1996, an overall decline of 56% (1) (Figure 1). Age-adjusted death rates for coronary heart disease (the major form of CVD contributing to mortality) continued to increase into the 1960s, then declined. In 1996, 621,000 fewer deaths occurred from coronary heart disease than would have been expected had the rate remained at its 1963 peak (1).
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The official American Heart Association admission of the effect of the change of statistics is starling. A full copy is on this web site.
