Background: Since cardiovascular disease accounts for one-quarter of deaths in the
Japanese population, we developed a nationwide database using the administrative case …

The JROAD-DPC database for AMI consists of 25 788 male (72.0%) and 10 036 female
(28.0%) hospitalized patients. The peak age groups were 60 to 69 years in men and 80 to …

Abstract The Korean National Health Information Database (NHID) contains nationwide
claims data, including sociodemographic data, health care utilization, health screening data …

Methods We analyzed anonymized data of the Causes of Death Statistics, National Health
Insurance Claims Database, and Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to …

Background: Big data systems such as diagnosis procedure combination (DPC) datasets
have recently been used for research purposes. However, there have been few validation …

There has been a substantial decline in mortality from stroke and ischemic heart disease
(IHD) in Japan between the 1960s and 2000s, which contributed to placing Japanese at the …

Abstract Background In Japan, several large healthcare databases have become available
for research since the early 2000's. However, validation studies to examine the accuracy of …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and a major contributor to
disability worldwide. Currently, Korea is among countries with the lowest CVD mortality …

Major and profound changes have taken place in China over the past 30 years. An epidemic
of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in China is emerging as a result of lifestyle changes …

for heart disease) of all-cause deaths in 2011, whereas it accounted for 40%(22% for stroke
and 18% for heart disease) of all deaths in 1980. The nationwide approach to hypertension …