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. 2013 Feb 12;127(6):749-56.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.128413.

Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: a review of global methodologies of mortality measurement

Neha Jadeja Pagidipati  1 , Thomas A Gaziano
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Review

Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: a review of global methodologies of mortality measurement

Neha Jadeja Pagidipati et al. Circulation. .
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Conceptual outline of this article
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Global data on death registration as of 2005. Source: Mathers CD, Fat DM, Inoue M, Rao C, Lopez AD. Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data.
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Percentage of deaths in the United States for which autopsies were reported by year. The 2003 data are based on 47 states and the District of Columbia. Based on data from Hoyert et al.91
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