Urban and Rural Differences of Acute Cardiovascular Disease Events

A Study from the Population-Based Real-Time Surveillance System in Zhejiang, China in 2012

Abstract

Zhejiang province, China, has implemented a population based, real-time surveillance system that tracks acute cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) events since 2001. This study aimed to describe the system and report CVD incidence, mortality and case-fatality between urban and rural areas in Zhejiang in 2012.

This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s COMDIS–HSD Programme which is led by the University of Leeds

Citation

Gong W, Wei X, Liang Y, Zou G, Hu R, Deng S, et al. (2016) Urban and Rural Differences of Acute Cardiovascular Disease Events: A Study from the Population-Based Real-Time Surveillance System in Zhejiang, China in 2012. PLoS ONE 11(11) . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165647

Urban and Rural Differences of Acute Cardiovascular Disease Events: A Study from the Population-Based Real-Time Surveillance System in Zhejiang, China in 2012

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Published 1 November 2016