An Analysis on Major Causes of Death of the Circulatory System Diseases in Hebei Province,1995

The results showed that the total mortality rate was 500.30/100,000 and the mortality rate of the circulatory system diseases was 253.96/100,000,which was 50.76% of the total mortality rate (Male:274.49/100,000;Female:232.49/100,000).The mortality rate of the cerebrovascular diseases was 110.52/100,000,which was 43.5% in the mortality rate of circulatory system diseases.It was the number one cause in the total causes of death.But there was no difference between the urban and rural areas.The mortality rate of the ischemic heart diseases was 46.28/100,000,which was 15.86% in the circulatory system disease and lied the second place in the circulatory system disease (Male:46.31/100,000;Female:34.02/100,000).There was a significant difference of the ischemic heart diseases between urhan and rural areas,(P<0.01).The median ages of the dead cases of the cerebrovascular diseases and ischemic heart diseases were 72.07 and 68.28 respectively.The authors suggested that it was necessary to take effective measures for controlling the circulatory system diseases in time and actively.