Figure 1. Age-standardized death rates, United States Death Registration Area (1900–32) and United States (1933–2006).

Solid lines: heart disease. Dotted lines: all other causes excluding external causes (see text). Males, blue; females, red. Rates calculated by the authors from data listed in the Appendix. Alternating shading marks disease classification from ICD-1 to ICD-10. Year 2000 standard population used.