Silver Book Fact
Death rates from heart disease have decreased from 586.6 deaths per 100,000 persons in 1950, to 240.8 deaths per 100,000 persons in 2002.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2005: With chartbook on trends in the health of Americans. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2005. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf