[The evolution of mortality from ischemic heart disease in Basque Country 1975-1990].

Background: Given the importance of ischemic cardiopathy (IC) as a cause of death in industrialized countries, the trend of mortality by IC in people from 30 to 69 years of age residing in the Basque Country between 1975-1990 were studied. Furthermore, the evolution of the mortality by cardiac diseases and by other causes which may compete with IC in the certification or coding of the cause of death was studied.

Methods: The rate of mortality standardized by age by the direct methods were estimated from data from the Natural Movement of Population.