Model inputs for the CHD Policy Model Argentina
| Variable | Source |
|---|---|
| Population of Argentina and incoming 35-year-old persons, 2010–2050 | 2010 Census; http://www.indec.gov.ar |
| Incidence | |
| CHD | Incidence of hospitalised AMI: Caccavo et al, 2007 |
| Total stroke | Incidence of stroke: national vital statistics and hospital admission registry, Ministry of Health, Argentina |
| Prevalence of CHD in 2010 | Pilot test for the non-communicable diseases telephone surveillance system, Ministry of Health |
| Total and cause-specific mortality | |
| Total | National vital statistics, http://www.indec.gov.ar, all deaths in adults age 35–84 years |
| CHD | 1997–2009 vital statistics; using CHD ICD-10 codes I20–25 and 2000 Global Burden of Disease ‘garbage code’ definitions for a proportion of CHD deaths (see text) |
| Stroke | 1997–2009 vital statistics; using stroke ICD-10 codes I60–69 |
| CHD risk factor means and joint distributions, 2010 | Cardiovascular Risk Factor Multiple Evaluation in Latin America (CARMELA) Study and Segunda Encuesta Nacional de Factores de Riesgo (Second Argentine National Risk Factor Survey) |
| Risk factor hazards for CHD and stroke | Framingham Heart Study (USA) |
| One-day and 28-day CHD case-fatality | |
| CHD | Blanco P et al Encuesta de SAC, 2007 |
| In-hospital | |
| Stroke | |
| In-hospital | Argentinian National Stroke Registry (ReNACer) |
| 28-day case fatality | Proyecto investigacion de Stroke en Chile: Iquique Stroke Study (PISCIS) |
CHD, coronary heart disease