BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An understanding of @entity65 ( @entity65 ) mortality is important for the development of strategies aimed at reducing the burden of @entity65 . Thus, we examined the changing pattern of @entity65 mortality in Korea over 30 years (1983-2012) by analyzing the Cause of Death Statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Deaths from diseases of the circulatory system and those of five @entity65 categories were analyzed: total @entity299 , @entity4789 , @entity101 , @entity741 ( @entity741 ) and @entity731 . To assess the effects of population ageing on @entity65 mortality, crude and age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated. Age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated by using the direct standardization method. RESULTS: Over the 30-year period analyzed in this study, circulatory system disease mortality markedly declined. The age-adjusted mortality rate decreased by 78.5% in @entity1 and by 76.3% in @entity1 . Consistent decreasing trends were observed for mortalities from @entity6331 , @entity101 , and @entity731 . However, @entity741 mortality rapidly increased during the 30 years. Crude @entity741 mortality showed a steady increase until 2007, after which there were fluctuations. But the penalized regression splines showed that crude @entity741 mortality continued to increase. Age-adjusted @entity741 mortality peaked in the early 2000s, and started to decrease during the last few years. CONCLUSION: In summary, total @entity65 mortality rate has significantly decreased over the 30-year period analyzed in this study but the @entity741 mortality rate has continuously increased until recently. The prevention and management of @entity65 amongst the Korean population, especially @entity741 , still represents a great challenge.

Thirty-year trends in mortality from XXXX in Korea.

@entity4789 :: ('MESH:D012213', 'Disease') :: ['acute rheumatic fever/chronic rheumatic heart disease'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity6331 :: ('MESH:D012214', 'Disease') :: ['rheumatic heart disease'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertensive heart disease'] @entity741 :: ('MESH:D017202', 'Disease') :: ['IHD', 'ischemic heart disease'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['heart diseases'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerosis'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['CVD', 'cardiovascular diseases']
@entity65 :: (MESH:D002318,Disease) :: ['cardiovascular diseases']
