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. 2021 Jan 19;143(3):287-288.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051451. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Trends in US Cancer and Heart Disease Mortality, 1999-2018

Christy L Avery  1   2 , Annie Green Howard  3   2 , Hazel B Nichols  1
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Trends in US Cancer and Heart Disease Mortality, 1999-2018

Christy L Avery et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; mortality.

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Crude cancer and heart disease mortality rates by age group in the United States, 1999–2018. Annual cancer crude mortality rates are shown by gray circles, with heart disease crude mortality rates shown by black squares.
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