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June 2nd, 2011

CDC: Death Rates for Heart Disease and Cancer Converge

Preliminary data released by the CDC shows that the age-adjusted death rates for heart disease and cancer are converging dramatically. From 1999 through 2009, the death rates for heart disease and cancer declined by 30.8% and 11.9%, respectively. In 1999, the risk for death from heart disease was 31.9% higher than from cancer. By 2009, the difference had shrunk to only 3.6%. Here’s the CDC chart:

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One Response to “CDC: Death Rates for Heart Disease and Cancer Converge”

  1. John A. Osborne, MD, PhD says:
    June 2, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    Wow! And fortunately due to the emphasis on “Pay for Performance”, using evidence-based approaches routinely, aggressive medical therapy, early detection (via office-based imaging) and (medical) intervention, and large (voluntary) investments in EMRs, my pay has gone up over the ten years by 31.9%!

    NOT! Please file PFP under “No good deed goes unpunished”

    John