Table 1.
Trends in age standardised (world population) death certification rates for coronary heart diseases in Europe and other selected areas of the world, 1965–1998*
| Men | Women | |||||||||
| Country | 1965–9 | 1975–9 | 1985–9 | 1995–8* | % Change 1995–8 v 1965–9 | 1965–9 | 1975–9 | 1985–9 | 1995–8* | % Change 1995–8 v 1965–9 |
| Europe | ||||||||||
| Armenia (1995–7) | 255.3 | 265.9 | 167.7 | 170.4 | ||||||
| Austria | 169.0 | 191.2 | 143.9 | 126.6 | −25.1 | 88.4 | 98.7 | 62.0 | 60.4 | −31.7 |
| Belarus | 325.3 | 381.2 | 189.6 | 194.2 | ||||||
| Belgium (1995) | 155.0 | 143.2 | 97.4 | 79.8 | −37.2 | 63.6 | 56.9 | 40.4 | 33.2 | −36.5 |
| Bulgaria | 132.5 | 182.0 | 177.9 | 187.4 | 41.4 | 104.5 | 124.9 | 104.9 | 101.6 | −2.8 |
| Croatia | 90.7 | 163.3 | 33.3 | 87.1 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 265.8 | 190.0 | 127.6 | 94.9 | ||||||
| Denmark (1995–6) | 237.0 | 244.4 | 199.7 | 129.6 | −45.3 | 121.9 | 111.7 | 90.6 | 62.0 | −49.1 |
| Estonia | 380.7 | 322.0 | 205.8 | 157.8 | ||||||
| Finland (1995–6) | 325.9 | 304.7 | 248.3 | 182.1 | −44.1 | 125.4 | 108.8 | 97.9 | 75.8 | −39.6 |
| France (1995–7) | 70.2 | 75.6 | 66.3 | 49.1 | −30.1 | 27.9 | 29.4 | 25.9 | 18.2 | −34.8 |
| Germany | 152.7 | 165.2 | 148.2 | 125.8 | −17.6 | 60.7 | 70.5 | 63.2 | 59.6 | −1.8 |
| Greece | 64.8 | 84.1 | 86.5 | 82.9 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 33.1 | 15.7 |
| Hungary | 188.6 | 204.6 | 215.2 | 220.9 | 17.1 | 112.8 | 109.4 | 100.9 | 111.7 | −1.0 |
| Iceland (1995–6) | 217.4 | 199.3 | 176.2 | 131.5 | −39.5 | 85.5 | 84.3 | 74.6 | 53.1 | −37.9 |
| Ireland (1995–6) | 234.7 | 261.3 | 238.2 | 185.2 | −21.1 | 117.8 | 121.8 | 104.7 | 82.1 | −30.3 |
| Italy (1995–7) | 123.4 | 130.2 | 91.5 | 74.0 | −40.0 | 65.2 | 64.7 | 38.3 | 32.8 | −49.7 |
| Latvia | 350.7 | 340.1 | 183.9 | 151.3 | ||||||
| Lithuania | 335.7 | 288.9 | 199.7 | 157.0 | ||||||
| Luxembourg (1995–7) | 136.0 | 138.1 | 130.5 | 92.3 | −32.1 | 44.5 | 47.9 | 51.5 | 32.9 | −26.1 |
| Malta | 162.4 | 238.1 | 183.4 | 139.7 | −14.0 | 84.1 | 140.1 | 101.4 | 80.9 | −3.8 |
| Netherlands (1995–7) | 179.1 | 182.3 | 142.9 | 97.6 | −45.5 | 77.3 | 72.5 | 54.8 | 40.7 | −47.3 |
| Norway (1995–7) | 218.6 | 202.3 | 190.3 | 128.2 | −41.4 | 93.4 | 77.6 | 70.4 | 50.6 | −45.8 |
| Poland (1995–6) | 64.7 | 109.8 | 127.5 | 113.7 | 75.7 | 21.6 | 38.9 | 38.3 | 38.9 | 80.1 |
| Portugal | 89.7 | 90.1 | 73.0 | 65.1 | −27.4 | 46.6 | 43.0 | 33.3 | 30.8 | −33.9 |
| Romania | 74.4 | 93.7 | 146.6 | 198.6 | 166.9 | 49.8 | 61.8 | 98.4 | 118.9 | 138.8 |
| Russian Federation | 304.0 | 330.2 | 162.9 | 154.2 | ||||||
| Slovakia (1995–7) | 235.5 | 125.9 | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 99.3 | 101.1 | 40.1 | 48.2 | ||||||
| Spain (1995–7) | 50.9 | 81.0 | 70.6 | 65.5 | 28.7 | 23.3 | 35.4 | 28.2 | 26.5 | 13.7 |
| Sweden (1995–6) | 221.3 | 247.2 | 193.7 | 134.4 | −39.3 | 115.7 | 113.8 | 80.0 | 56.8 | −50.9 |
| Switzerland (1995–6) | 108.2 | 116.1 | 105.0 | 90.7 | −16.2 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 40.2 | 43.3 | 3.3 |
| Ukraine | 316.6 | 393.8 | 196.7 | 223.2 | ||||||
| UK | 255.0 | 258.7 | 218.4 | 150.4 | −41.0 | 108.3 | 107.8 | 95.2 | 67.3 | −37.9 |
| European Union (1995–7) | 146.2 | 158.9 | 129.8 | 99.6 | −31.9 | 63.8 | 68.5 | 54.4 | 44.6 | −30.1 |
| Americas | ||||||||||
| Argentina (1995–6) | 176.3 | 136.4 | 89.5 | 68.2 | −61.3 | 88.9 | 70.1 | 40.5 | 27.1 | −69.5 |
| Canada (1995–7) | 271.4 | 238.2 | 161.0 | 109.4 | −59.7 | 130.7 | 108.2 | 75.1 | 54.2 | −58.5 |
| Chile (1990–2) | 112.7 | 93.3 | 87.4 | 79.0 | −29.9 | 75.1 | 54.9 | 50.9 | 46.9 | −37.5 |
| Costa Rica (1995) | 95.4 | 89.7 | 123.3 | 100.4 | 5.2 | 67.3 | 54.4 | 70.8 | 61.6 | −8.5 |
| Cuba (1995–6) | 177.9 | 159.0 | 151.5 | 137.2 | −22.9 | 127.1 | 122.4 | 110.2 | 97.1 | −23.6 |
| Mexico (1995) | 43.8 | 47.1 | 61.7 | 76.6 | 74.9 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 36.9 | 50.5 | 70.0 |
| USA (1995–7) | 330.5 | 257.0 | 162.4 | 121.2 | −63.3 | 166.0 | 124.0 | 84.9 | 67.1 | −59.6 |
| Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong (1995–6) | 38.6 | 61.4 | 55.5 | 47.6 | 23.3 | 16.2 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 26.6 | 64.2 |
| Israel (1995–6) | 207.7 | 142.8 | 102.9 | 133.0 | 83.3 | 60.1 | ||||
| Japan (1995–7) | 50.1 | 44.3 | 32.6 | 35.7 | −28.7 | 27.5 | 25.3 | 17.8 | 17.5 | −36.4 |
| Mauritius | 92.5 | 164.9 | 185.8 | 196.6 | 112.5 | 39.8 | 65.2 | 93.1 | 111.5 | 180.2 |
| Singapore | 115.8 | 156.2 | 151.1 | 122.3 | 5.6 | 49.5 | 76.8 | 86.4 | 72.9 | 47.3 |
| Australia (1995–7) | 325.1 | 259.8 | 180.4 | 117.1 | −64.0 | 149.2 | 118.7 | 87.2 | 58.7 | −60.7 |
| New Zealand | 300.3 | 269.3 | 211.5 | 141.4 | −52.9 | 131.5 | 118.8 | 97.8 | 64.6 | −50.9 |
*Most recent period available is 1995–8 unless otherwise mentioned in parentheses.