After the mid-1960s, fewer people died from heart disease because fewer had heart attacks, and those who did were less likely to die — even before getting to the hospital.

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The epidemic of the 20(th) century: coronary heart disease.

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After the 1960s, fewer people died of heart attacks because fewer people got severe heart disease in the first place, and those who did had better treatment — and this study says exactly that.

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The epidemic of the 20(th) century: coronary heart disease.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.04.015

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