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Show , HEART RESEARCH PROLONGING 40,000 LIVES I i ! I n o I I ' llffff'STa S M I S ft! O ? MlVfjS EACH SYMBOL REPRESENTS 1000 LIVES PR0- itTWM 1 I I 1 H liii LONGED. CHART IS BASED ON LATEST AVAIL- nlwjr frifvlWI'litM ABLE FIGURES FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER f FOR HEALTH STATISTICS. ' " wwk ooooooooooo ' ; ' ' n Iff If I fill ViT"Ft v m m, w v !, w, v " v v v w jt s, Jmlfl I & f I tf i 1 1 1' f f 1 1 1 1 f i f i f f ! PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HEART AND feLOOD VESSEL DISEASES since j 1950 is reflected in this chart. Based on the latest vital statistics, about 250,000 Americans Ameri-cans under 65 died of these diseases in the single year. Had the 1950 death rate per- ! sisted, the toll would have been about 290,000. Chart shows, by age and sex groupings, the estimated 40,000 lives saved. Since 1948, the year of the first Heart Fund Cam- j paign, your Heart Association has been the spearheading force in the fight against i the nation's Number One health enemy. Vou can help in this fight by giving generously i to the Heart Fund. |