Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CULLEN, K J
Right arrow Articles by STENHOUSE, N S
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by CULLEN, K J
Right arrow Articles by STENHOUSE, N S
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1979 Oxford University Press

research-article

Changing Mortality due to Strokes in Men Following Treatment of Busselton Hypertensives 1967–77

K J CULLEN1, M G McCALL2 and N S STENHOUSE3

1 General Practitioner, Community Health Centre, Busselton, Western Australia 6280
2 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia
3 Director, Raine Medical Statistics Unit, University of Western Australia

Cullen K J (Community Health Centre, Busselton, Western Australia 6280), McCall M G and Stenhouse N.S. Changing mortality due to strokes in men following treatment of Busselton hypertensives 1967–77. International Journal of Epidemiology 1979, 8: 213–217.

Regular biennial health screenings of the Busselton population between 1966–75 resulted in the recognition of individuals with hypertension and a progressive increase in the adequacy of control of blood pressure in those on treatment.

Between 1973–77 observed mortality from strokes (CVA) in males 50 yrs and over declined significantly as might be expected from the smaller numbers at risk from raised blood pressure. No favourable trends occurred in the incidence of CVA in women despite better control of hypertension. In the population as a whole, CVA mortality in untreated or inadequately controlled hypertensives was significantly greater than in normo-tensives or adequately controlled hypertensives.

Received 19 April 1979


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.