The year by year figures also looked good overall. Death rates from heart disease among men declined, on average, by 2.9 per cent a year during the 1980s, by 2.6 per cent a year in the 1990s, and 4.4 per cent a year in 2000 to 2002. Among women too, the overall picture showed a gradual year on year decline: the average annual death rate went down by 2.6, 2.4 and 4.4 per cent in those same periods.
The not so good story, however, emerged when the researchers broke the figures down by age.
For men aged 35 to 54 the average yearly death rate from heart disease went down by 6.2 per cent in the 1980s, slowed to 2.3 per cent in the 1990s, and reached a near plateau of 0.5 per cent annual reduction between 2000 and 2002.
For women aged 35 to 54 the news is worse. The average annual decline in deaths due to heart disease fell by 5.4 per cent in the 1980s, slowed to 1.2 per cent in the 1990s, and actually rose again by an annual average of 1.5 per cent during 2000 to 2002. However, the increase was not statistically significant and all that can be said with confidence is that the figures have leveled off.
However, among the younger women, aged 35 to 44, there was an average annual rise in heart disease deaths of 1.3 per cent during 1997 to 2002, and this figure was shown to be statistically significant, so the researchers can say with more confidence that there appears to be a worrying rising trend among female adult Americans in their late 30s and early 40s, of deaths due to heart disease.
You might be saying "what does this have to do with Danbury?" Well, Hat city is home to one of the leading cardiothoracic surgons in Connecticut, Danbury Hospital's Dr. Cary Passik. Recently on FOX61, Dr. Passik gave his opinion on the study's findings.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
With heart disease still the number one killer among men and women in this country, a new study release this week by the American College of Cardiology is very troubling for females aged 35-54.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
