... Zealand. These findings are cause for concern, indicating that decades of progress in reducing deaths from CAD appear to be stalling. Changes in lifestyle factors in the young (increasing obesity ... myocardial infarction is rare in childhood and adolescent years but increases in prevalence in the middle decades, particularly in the developing countries. In developed countries it is increasingly ... status (SES) indicators, including education, income and occupation, are associated with CAD risk factors, morbidity, and mortality. Early studies beginning in the 1930’s generally showed increased...