Table 1 Primary model inputs and references for the coronary heart disease (CHD) Policy Model-China

Population of China 2000–2029*

United States Census Bureau International Database,[1]

Chinese National Bureau of Statistics[2]

Incidence of CHD

China Multi-provincial Cohort Study (CMCS),[27] 1992–2002

Sino-MONICA,[24] Beijing, 1993–2004

Prevalence of CHD in 2000

International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia Study (InterASIA),[28] 2000–2001

China National Hypertension Survey Epidemiology Follow-up Study (CHEFS),[8] 1991–2000

Total and Cause-Specific Mortality

   Total

For total mortality: Global Burden of Disease Study, 2002 [36]

   CHD

For cause-specific mortality:

   Non-CHD

CHEFS[8], Global Burden of Disease Study, 2002 [36]

CHD risk factor means and joint distributions, 2000

InterASIA [28, 52–55, 59]

Risk factor hazards for CHD

CMCS [27]

One-day and 28-day CHD case-fatality

Sino-MONICA, Beijing 1993–2004 [24]

Revascularization rates

Bridging the Gap in Coronary Heart Disease Secondary Prevention (BRIG) Study 2006-present (unpublished data, provided by personal communication, Dong Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., March, 2007)

Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) disability weights and assumptions

Global Burden of Disease Study, 2001[35]