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© 1988 Oxford University Press

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Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease in Greenland

PETER BJERREGAARD*, and JØRN DYERBERG{dagger}

*Dinish Institute for Clinical Epidemiolog Copenhagen, Denmark
{dagger}Department of Clinical Chemistry, Aalborg Hospital Section North, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark

Reprint requests to Dr P. Bjerregaard, Kenya Expanded Programme on Immunization, PO Box 20781, Nairobi, Kenya.

Mortality 1968–83 from Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Cerebrovascular Disease (CD) was studied in native Greenlanders. Mortality from IHD was lower in Greenland than in Denmark for both rrtales and females and especially low in Greenlandic settlements. IHD mortality decreased during the period. Mortality from CD was higher in Greenland than in Denmark with no certain time trend.

Living conditions, of which a high intake of seafood may be a key factor, and/or a genetic predisposition seem to protect Greenlanders from IHD and to predispose them to CD.

Revised 1 June 1987


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