[Analysis of mortality trends of ischemic heart disease in Andalucia (1975-1992)].

Objective: To describe the evolution of mortality due to ischaemic heart diseases in Andalucia between 1975 and 1992 and predict rates up to the year 2000.

Design: Descriptive study.

Setting: The Autonomous Community of Andalucia. Patients and other participants. Deaths because of ischaemic heart diseases between 1975 and 1992 were obtained.

Measurements And Main Results: The direct method was used for the standardisation of mortality rates for age and sex, with the European population as the standard. Logarithmic transformations of the standardised rates for mortality due to ischaemic heart diseases for both sexes were performed and the regression lines were adjusted. Between 1975 and 1992 the theoretical rates went down both in men and women. If the same tendency were maintained, we would expect to see a moderate reduction between 1992 and 2000 in men and in women.

Conclusions: The tendency of mortality due to ischaemic heart diseases in Andalucia is downwards in both men and women.