Table 2.

The trends of CVD deaths attributed to lead exposure in China from 1990 to 2019

Age/years	Year	PAF (%)	The Number of deaths (per 10,000)			The deaths rate (per 1/100,000)
			Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
15-49 years	1990	7.27	1.14	0.44	1.57	3.29	1.36	2.35
	2000	6.64	1.21	0.49	1.70	3.16	1.36	2.28
	2010	5.42	1.06	0.26	1.32	2.60	0.67	1.65
	2019	3.47	0.56	0.12	0.67	1.51	0.33	0.93
	Rate of change (%)	-0.52	-0.51	-0.73	-0.57	-0.54	-0.75	-0.60
50-69 years	1990	8.01	4.70	2.17	6.88	58.96	29.26	44.64
	2000	8.12	4.93	1.86	6.79	49.89	20.12	35.51
	2010	7.46	5.18	1.83	7.01	38.32	13.98	26.36
	2019	6.39	5.14	1.79	6.94	27.88	9.73	18.81
	Rate of change (%)	-0.20	0.09	-0.17	0.01	-0.53	-0.67	-0.58
70 years and above	1990	5.47	4.07	3.19	7.26	246.62	146.83	189.89
	2000	5.98	6.41	4.37	10.78	259.85	144.50	196.32
	2010	6.07	9.84	6.21	16.04	275.05	148.65	206.96
	2019	5.95	12.05	7.57	19.62	244.73	128.90	181.73
	Rate of change (%)	0.09	1.96	1.37	1.70	-0.01	-0.12	-0.04
Entire population	1990	6.48	9.91	5.80	15.72	16.24	10.12	13.28
	2000	6.62	12.55	6.72	19.27	18.72	10.67	14.82
	2010	6.36	16.08	8.29	24.37	23.02	12.45	17.86
	2019	5.94	17.75	9.48	27.23	24.49	13.59	19.15
	Rate of change (%)	-0.08	0.79	0.63	0.73	0.51	0.34	0.44

Note: CVD: cardiovascular disease; PAF: population attributable factor.