Cardiovascular disease mortality trends for males and females (United States: 1979–2010). Cardiovascular disease excludes congenital cardiovascular defects (International Classification of Diseases [ICD], 10th Revision codes I00–I99). The overall comparability for cardiovascular disease between the ICD, 9th Revision codes (1979–1998) and ICD, 10th Revision codes (1999–2010) is 0.9962. No comparability ratios were applied. Source: National Center for Health Statistics and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.