Relationship of drinking water quality (hardness-softness) to cardiovascular mortality in Newfoundland
The profile of mortality in Newfoundland was analysed for all deaths occurring in 1969 of persons 35 to 69 years of age, of whom the total was 1036. An exceptionally high cardiovascular mortality (793 deaths/100,000) was noted for St. John's, the capital city of Newfoundland, a city which has a...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1941537 2023-05-15T17:17:49+02:00 Relationship of drinking water quality (hardness-softness) to cardiovascular mortality in Newfoundland Fodor, J. G. Pfeiffer, C. J. Papezik, V. S. 1973-06-02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1941537 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4704905 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1941537 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4704905 Original Articles Text 1973 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T00:26:44Z The profile of mortality in Newfoundland was analysed for all deaths occurring in 1969 of persons 35 to 69 years of age, of whom the total was 1036. An exceptionally high cardiovascular mortality (793 deaths/100,000) was noted for St. John's, the capital city of Newfoundland, a city which has an extremely soft drinking-water supply. This high rate corresponds to that observed in the “high mortality belt” reported for the east coast of the United States, and in conjunction with data from mainland Canada, extends the belt across the entire eastern aspect of North America. The proportion of cardiovascular deaths of men occurring outside the hospital was less within hard drinking-water areas in Newfoundland than in the soft water areas of the province. Thus, the statistics reported here of cardiovascular mortality confirm evidence reported elsewhere on “macro-geographic” variations in this disease(s) as well as “micro-geographic” regional variations which may be dependent upon local environmental factors. Text Newfoundland PubMed Central (PMC) Canada |
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The profile of mortality in Newfoundland was analysed for all deaths occurring in 1969 of persons 35 to 69 years of age, of whom the total was 1036. An exceptionally high cardiovascular mortality (793 deaths/100,000) was noted for St. John's, the capital city of Newfoundland, a city which has an extremely soft drinking-water supply. This high rate corresponds to that observed in the “high mortality belt” reported for the east coast of the United States, and in conjunction with data from mainland Canada, extends the belt across the entire eastern aspect of North America. The proportion of cardiovascular deaths of men occurring outside the hospital was less within hard drinking-water areas in Newfoundland than in the soft water areas of the province. Thus, the statistics reported here of cardiovascular mortality confirm evidence reported elsewhere on “macro-geographic” variations in this disease(s) as well as “micro-geographic” regional variations which may be dependent upon local environmental factors. |
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Relationship of drinking water quality (hardness-softness) to cardiovascular mortality in Newfoundland |
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