Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Tables

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xiii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-6

Part 1 - The Invention of the Risk Factor

pp 7-8

2 - The Origins of Probability and Statistics

pp 9-21

3 - Censuses and Vital Statistics

pp 22-35

4 - Statistical Analyses of Medical and Social Data

pp 36-49

5 - Life Insurance and the Risk Factor

pp 50-74

Part 2 - Health Education for Healthy Lifestyles

pp 75-76

6 - Cultural And Environmental Influences On Urban Mortality Rates

pp 77-94

7 - The Germ Theory and Health Education in Diphtheria and Tuberculosis Control

pp 95-118

8 - Health Education and Infant Mortality in New York City

pp 119-145

9 - The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Health Education Programs

pp 146-176

Part 3 - The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic

pp 177-178

10 - Early Twentieth-Century Mortality Trends and Rheumatic Heart Disease

pp 179-191

11 - The Early Years of the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic

pp 192-217

Part 4 - Rick Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

pp 219-220

12 - Causes, Correlations, and the Etiology of Disease

pp 221-237

13 - Cigarette Smoking and Statistical Correlations

pp 238-259

14 - Blood Pressure and the Benefits of Treatment

pp 260-278

15 - The Framingham Heart Study and the Risk Factor

pp 279-285

16 - Theories of the Causes of Coronary Heart Disease

pp 286-294

17 - The Diet-Heart Hypothesis

pp 295-313

18 - Dietary Recommendations and Guidelines

pp 314-342

19 - The Secular Decline in the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic

pp 343-358

20 - Epilogue

pp 359-368

Notes

pp 369-426