The line graph shows how many males and females were killed by cardiovascular disease in the United States.
Overall, there are big discrepancies in the mortality trends for men and women. In 1979, more cases of male than female were reported dead of cardiovascular disease, with 500,000 and approximately 470,000 cases, respectively.
The number of deaths for both genders experienced an upward trend from 1979 to 1981 before declining slightly during the next two years. From that time on, cardiovascular diseases provoked fewer and fewer cases of deaths for male patients.
The most significant decrease was recorded in the period from 1989 to 1993 during such time the lowest figure was recorded at only 440,000 in the year 1993.
Regarding female mortality, the trend was much more complex, with abrupt increases and decreases. In the final year of the survey – 2001, the death toll for female patients was nearly 500,000, which is considerably higher than that of males.