Major Coronary Risk Factors and Death from Coronary Heart Disease

Nine out of ten US adults who died of CHD had at least one of the three major established risk factors. Thus, the notion that many CHD victims do not have the traditional risk factors is a misconception. Policies and strategies that increase the prevalence of a low risk profile are needed, and aggressive efforts in the prevention and control of the major established risk factors remain the key to continued reductions in CHD mortality.