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for 1974 it shows that stroke deaths -- this is nationally -- have declined 5%. That means the saving of 10,000 lives. And hypertension, with or without renal disease, has declined 12%. So in spite of everything, the general publicity that we got set off and instigated and helped the Heart Institute to begin, has really made some dent on the death rate.
This is in the awareness of people.
The awareness of people and keeping them on drugs or getting doctors to prescribe them, which many many weren't.
But the drugs are available.
Good drugs are available, and not just one but many drugs are available that do lower pressure and keep pressure under control.
And this has been true for a number of years.
This has been true for a number of years, but doctors didn't prescribe them. They thought: “Oh, well, it doesn't matter. It's only if their blood pressure is very high that it's very dangerous.” Well, Dr. Frei showed that if you had blood pressure elevated at all over 150/80 -- that if it go to, let's say, 180/100, that you were in danger. And by treating people for minimal pressure or
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