Divergent trends in ischaemic heart disease and stroke mortality in India from 2000 to 2015: a nationally representative mortality study

• Main Authors: Calvin Ke, MD (Author), Rajeev Gupta, MD (Author), Denis Xavier, ProfMD (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran, ProfMD (Author), Prashant Mathur, PhD (Author), Yogeshwar V Kalkonde, MD (Author), Patrycja Kolpak, MSA (Author), Wilson Suraweera, MSc (Author), Prabhat Jha, ProfDPhil (Author), Shazia Allarakha (Author), Dharmappa Basavarajappa (Author), Vikas Dhimar (Author), Harsh Jaiswal (Author), Shrikant Kalaska (Author), Geetha Memon (Author), Saritha Nair (Author), Vishnu Rao (Author), Reeta Rasaily (Author), Damodar Sahu (Author), Shweta Sharma (Author), Deepak Kumar Shukla (Author), Jitenkumar K. Singh (Author), Lucky Singh (Author), Anju Sinha (Author), Shally Awasthi (Author), Jayant K. Banthia (Author), Rajesh Dikshit (Author), Rajesh Kumar (Author), J.S. Thakur (Author), Faujdar Ram (Author), Usha Ram (Author), Jay Sheth (Author), George D'Souza (Author), Rehana Begum (Author), Denis Xavier (Author), Rajeev Gupta (Author), Hellen Gelband (Author), Prabhat Jha (Author), Calvin Ke (Author), Patrycja Kolpak (Author), Wilson Suraweera (Author), Yogeshwar V. Kalkonde (Author), Prashant Mathur (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Introduction: India accounts for about a fifth of cardiovascular deaths globally, but nationally representative data on mortality trends are not yet available. In this nationwide mortality study, we aimed to assess the trends in ischaemic heart disease and stroke mortality over 15 years usi...