Annals of Life Insurance Medicine : 1967 Volume III

Front Matter....Pages i-iii A life insurer’s interpretation of survival rates....Pages 1-14 The concept of disability....Pages 15-23 Geographical differences in underwriting....Pages 24-32 Antecedents of disease. Insurance mortality experience....Pages 33-87 The role of the electrocardiogram in underwriting....Pages 88-95 Magnitude of silent coronary disease....Pages 96-102 The significance of heart size in diagnosis and prognosis....Pages 103-126 The prognosis of chronic cor pulmonale....Pages 127-148 Closed valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis....Pages 149-164 The stroke — pathogenesis, course and prognosis....Pages 165-184 The significance of asymptomatic mild intermittent proteinuria....Pages 185-195 Prognosis of hemorrhagic disorders and of benign and malignant diseases of the white blood cells....Pages 196-209 Underwriting mental illness....Pages 210-228 The long-term prognosis of diabetes mellitus....Pages 229-246 Endogenous and exogenous factors in the etiology and pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus: Heredity, obesity, civilization....Pages 247-257 Back Matter....Pages 258-272