A Comparison of Coronary Artery Disease (Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease) Deaths in Health Areas of Manhattan, New York City

Abstract

A statistical study is reported of variation in death rates from coronary artery disease (arteriosclerotic health disease) (AHD) in the various health areas of Manhattan, New York City, for the years 1949-1951. Adjusted death rates ranged from a low of 249 per 100,000 to a high of 689. There was little variation from year to year in the-number of deaths in a given health area. There was a tendency toward inverse association between median family income of the health areas and their death rates from AHD. It is suggested that these health areas, with an average population of 25,000, are convenient units for further epidemiologic investigation.