Time Trends and Educational Inequalities in Out-of-Hospital Coronary Deaths in Norway 1995-2009: A Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Proȷect [Coronary Heart Disease]

BackgroundRecent time trends and educational gradients characterizing out‐of‐hospital coronary deaths (OHCD) are poorly described.Methods and ResultsWe identified all deaths from coronary heart disease occurring outside the hospital in Norway during 1995 to 2009. Time trends were explored using Poisson regression analysis with year as the independent, continuous variable. Information on the highest achieved education was obtained from The National Education Database and classified as primary (up to 10 years of compulsory education), secondary (high school or vocational school), or tertiary (college/university). Educational gradients in OHCD were explored using Poisson regression, stratified by sex and age (

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - February 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sulo, E., Nygard, O., Vollset, S. E., Igland, J., Ebbing, M., Ostbye, T., Jorgensen, T., Sulo, G., Tell, G. S. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Original Research Source Type: research