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