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A LIFECOURSE PERSPECTIVE ON HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISEASE AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AUSTRALIA
Cecily C Kelleher, Gabrielle Kelly, Ricardo Segurado, Jonathan Briody, Alexander M Sellers, Janet McCalman
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2021
Abstract
Circulatory System Disease (CSD) patterns vary over time and between countries, related to lifestyle risk factors across the life course, associated in turn with socio-economic circumstances. Current global CSD epidemics in developing economies are similar in scale to those observed previously in the United States and Australia. We examine from a lifecourse perspective the historical context in Australia for the rise and decline of CSD based on the published scientific literature and population trends. Past epidemiological studies focused on the relative advantage of those of Southern European compared to those of British or Irish origin. Historical retrospective cohort studies in population..
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