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On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Don Wiss wrote:
> Todd wrote:
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> >According to what I read, in the USA the mean life expectancy is
> >76 and still creeping up, despite our heavy reliance on processed
> >foods, hydrogenated oils, and other bad stuff. Since the 1970s
> >heart disease rates have gone down, for reasons that remain
> >mysterious, after having peaked in the 1940-60 period.
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> Heart transplants and angioplasties didn't exist back then. Plus other
> intensive intervention techniques. I'm not sure whether you are comparing
> heart disease occurrences, or people that die of heart disease. Those are,
> of course, easier to count.
I believe what they count are occurrences, in the sense of
coronary events, angina, and so on.
Todd Moody
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