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[Seasonal variations and trends in cardiovascular disease mortality in Naples, 1974-1978]. 1983

P Piergentili, and S Salmaso, and M A Stazi, and A Menotti

Death certificates of people who died from cardiovascular diseases in the City of Naples from 1974 through 1978 were reviewed. Data were classified according to three different groups of causes of death: 1. from all cardiovascular diseases (codes of the International Classification of Diseases-ICD-, VIII Revision from 393.0 through 458.9), 2. from ischaemic heart diseases (ICD from 410.0 through 411.9) and 3. from acute ischaemic heart diseases (ICD from 410.0 through 411.9). The monthly number of deaths in each group was analyzed using time series techniques to assess the seasonal pattern and the secular trend. A clear seasonal pattern was found in all groups, though in group 3 it was less evident. The maximum number of deaths per month was found to occur during the cold season and the minimum during the summer. The secular trend was found to be stable for groups 1 and 2. Group 3 showed an evident increase over the five years under study.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007558	Italy	A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome.	Sardinia
D008297	Male		Males
D002318	Cardiovascular Diseases	Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM.	Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D003327	Coronary Disease	An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.	Coronary Heart Disease,Coronary Diseases,Coronary Heart Diseases,Disease, Coronary,Disease, Coronary Heart,Diseases, Coronary,Diseases, Coronary Heart,Heart Disease, Coronary,Heart Diseases, Coronary
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012621	Seasons	Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Seasonal Variation,Season,Seasonal Variations,Variation, Seasonal,Variations, Seasonal
D013029	Space-Time Clustering	A statistically significant excess of cases of a disease, occurring within a limited space-time continuum.	Clustering, Space-Time,Clusterings, Space-Time,Space Time Clustering,Space-Time Clusterings