Table 1.

Changing patterns of heart disease in China, 1948–1989

Etiologic types	1948–1957 (%)	1958–1968 (%)	1969–1979 (%)	1980–1989 (%)
(Cardiac/total admissions	10	16	21	24)
Coronary	6	16	26	27
Rheumatic	50	44	30	24
Hypertensive	18	7	3	5
Syphilitic	9	3	1	≤1
Pulmonary	7	10	8	2
Congenital	2	12	17	13
Myocarditis	1	1	7	11
Cardiomyopathy	≤1	≤1	2	3
Pericarditis	2	2	2	2
Thyroid	2	1	≤1	1
Mitral valve prolapse	–	–	–	≤1
Others	2	3	3	10

Modified from Chen H. et al. Chin. Med. J. 1999;112:14–17.