Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages pt.8: Contains two compilations. a. "Health and Maternity Insurance Throughout the World," Feb. 1954, by Carl H. Farman, SSA (p. 2565-2629). b. "Hospital and Medical Care Programs in Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia," Feb. 1954, by Martha D. Ring, PHS (p. 2631-3151) |
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... death rate from these diseases has been reduced from 663 per million population at the beginning of the century to 15 per million in 1950. Even more spectacular are the figures with respect to appen- dicitis , maternal death , and ...
... death rate from these diseases has been reduced from 663 per million population at the beginning of the century to 15 per million in 1950. Even more spectacular are the figures with respect to appen- dicitis , maternal death , and ...
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... death and prolonged ill- ness are arteriosclerotic heart disease , hypertensive heart disease , and rheumatic heart disease . Id addition , howover , there is a long list of other diseases which are capable of affecting the heart and ...
... death and prolonged ill- ness are arteriosclerotic heart disease , hypertensive heart disease , and rheumatic heart disease . Id addition , howover , there is a long list of other diseases which are capable of affecting the heart and ...
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... death in the United States . It causes the death of or kills more than 1 out of every 2 persons that die each year in our country . It is anticipated that in the current year about 785,000 people will die of heart disease . It is less ...
... death in the United States . It causes the death of or kills more than 1 out of every 2 persons that die each year in our country . It is anticipated that in the current year about 785,000 people will die of heart disease . It is less ...
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... deaths from heart disease has been steadily rising . In 1951 a major company paid the beneficiaries on account of heart disease a total of $ 173,680,000 . This is just one company . This sum was about 311⁄2 times the amount paid for the ...
... deaths from heart disease has been steadily rising . In 1951 a major company paid the beneficiaries on account of heart disease a total of $ 173,680,000 . This is just one company . This sum was about 311⁄2 times the amount paid for the ...
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... deaths - which used to be 20 per- cent within 10 years after one contracted the disease - is being sharply curtailed . The Heart Association is trying very hard to get these preventive knowledges utilized . There is no known measure as ...
... deaths - which used to be 20 per- cent within 10 years after one contracted the disease - is being sharply curtailed . The Heart Association is trying very hard to get these preventive knowledges utilized . There is no known measure as ...
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