Most countries in oriental Asia have not yet experienced the 'western'coronary heart disease
(CHD) epidemic despite substantial economic development. An exception has been
Singapore. We compared mortality and CHD risk factors in Singapore with two Oriental
locations, Hong Kong and mainland China, which have not experienced the CHD epidemic.
Mortality data from World Health Statistics Annuals age standardised for each location and
were supplemented by local data. Risk factor data was obtained from population-based …