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Profile doesn’t paint pretty picture
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I t ’s tru e T h e re has been an
a m a z in g 27 p e rc en t decrease in
m o r ta lity fro m h e a rt a tta c k s in
th e last 10 ye a rs
Strokes h a ve decreased by 40
p e rc e n t T o keep these fig u res in
p e rs p e c tiv e , the o v e ra ll death
r a te has decreased only 12 per
ce n t T h e question is w hy such
d r a m a tic declines in m o r ta lity
fr o m h e a rt a tta c k s and strokes.
H e a r t a tta c k w as once the m a
jo r k ille r of m a n p rio r to the
m id -60 b In 1965. fo llo w in g a tren d
s ta rte d in th e 50s the freq uen cy
of in fa rc tio n fe ll below a ll oth er
causes of de ath fo r the firs t tim e
In 1960, 425 people in 100.000 died
fro m h e a rt a tta c k T h is dropped
dow n to 264 in 197«, a 161 percent
d ro p
L ife ex p e c ta n c y as a resu lt has
in cre ase d d r a m a tic a lly in the
la s t ten y e a rs B efo re 1970, th ere
w as little in cre ase M a y b e th ere
w as a one y e a r increase in life ex
pectancy fro m 1960-70 B ut fro m
1970-80 ex p ec tan cy rose fro m 70
y e a rs to 73 y e a rs fo r a ll classes
F o r fe m a le s it rose fro m 75
y e a rs to 78 ye a rs F o r m en it rose
fro m 68 to 69 ye a rs F o r b lack
m en lif e
e x p e c ta n c y
ro s e
d r a m a tic a lly fro m 61 to 66 ye ars
by 1980
Along w ith the sw eet m ust
com e the b itte r T h e b itte r p ill is
th a t as w e a re liv in g lo nger,
c a n ce r has risen as a cause of
d eath , fro m 16 p e rcent in 1968 to
21 p ercent today T h is is a n a tu ra l
progression if you accep t the
theory th a t in an y n o rm a l body
c e rta in cells a re trip p e d a ll the
tim e and begin to rep ro d u ce
ra p id ly A n o rm a l body has an e f
fe c tiv e im m u n e system to shut
down these ca n c e r cells An older
body doesn’t and c a n c e r cells
th at n o rm a lly a re d estroyed go
on to k ill th e in d iv id u a l
T h e reason fo r the declin es in
h e a rt a tta c k s and strokes is the
change in a ll the risk fa c to rs to a
fa v o r a b le d e g re e
A v e ra g e
ch olesterol levels have fa lle n
10-20 p e rc en t because of less
a n im a l fa t in the diet
H y p erten s io n is now being con
tr o lle d a t lo w e r le v e ls , an d
e a r lie r
W h at w as once con
sid ered n o rm a l blood pressure
has been shown to d ra s tic a lly in
crease the ris k of de ath by up to
20 p e rc en t o v e r a fix e d perio d of
tim e
A d e c lin e in sm o k in g and in
creas ed ex e rc is e a r e a ll im p o r
ta n t M o re e x p e rt c a re in c o r
o n ary units, b e tte r p a ra m e d ic
c a re , an d q u ic k e r response tim es
g e n u in e ly im p r o v e s u r v i v a l
rates .
P e rh a p s the single m a jo r index
to im p ro v e d s u rv iv a l is the in
creas ed rates of h e a rt, v a lv e ,
bypass
and
pacem aker
su rg eries
T o sum it up in a lig h t w a y ,
w h a t is m e a n t by risk fa cto rs th at
in flu e n ce our ch ance of h a vin g a
h e a rt a t ta c k 9 H e re is a c h a ra c te r
p ro file of the person least lik e ly
to h a ve a h e a rt a tta c k :
H e is an e ffe m in a te m u m c ip le
w o rk e r or e m b a lm e r, c o m p le te ly
lac kin g in p h ysical an d m e n ta l
alertness and w ith o u t d riv e , a m
b itio n or c o m p e titiv e s p irit H e
has n e v e r tr ie d to m e e t a
d e ad lin e of an y k in d .
H e is a m a n w ith a poor a p
p e tite ,
e a tin g
fr u its
and
ve getables laced w ith c o m and
w h a le o il, d e te s tin g tobacco,
sp u rn in g o w n e rs h ip of ra d io ,
television and m o to r c a r, w ith a
fu ll head of h a ir.
H e is sc ra w n y an d u n a th le tic in
a p p e a r a n c e , y e t c o n s t a n t ly
s tra in in g his puny m uscles by e x
ercise. Low in in com e, blood
pressure, blood su g ar, u ric a c id ,
ch olesterol, he has been ta k in g
n icotinic acids, p y n d o x in e < B 6 ),
an d long te rm a n ti c o a g u la n ts
e v e r s in c e h is p r o p h y la c t ic
c a s tra tio n
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