Table 1.

PHEWE cities: characteristics and data series available

	Characteristics			Health data – Time series used
City	Population	% 75+	Mortaliy rate (× 100.000)*	Mortality	Hospital Admissions
Athens	3 188 305	6.4	663.6	1992–1996
Barcelona	1 512 971	10.1	542.5	1992–2000	1994–1997
Budapest	1 797 222	7.3	1093.6	1992–2001	1997–2000
Dublin	481 854	5.3	826.7	1990–2000	1994–2001
Helsinki	955 143	5.0	590.0	1990–2000
Krakow	741 510	8.9**	805.4	1990–1996
Ljubljana	263 290	5.9	719.1	1992–1999	1997–1999
London	6 796 900	6.8	584.5	1992–2000	1992–2000
Milan	1 304 942	9.5	439.4	1990–2000	1990–1999
Paris	6 161 393	6.1	554.0	1991–1998	1991–1995
Prague	1 183 900	7.0	779.4	1992–2000
Rome	2 812 573	7.3	497.4	1992–2000	1998–2000
Stockholm	1 173 183	8.5	576.2	1990–2000	1990–2000
Turin	901 010	9.2	479.5	1991–1999	1995–1999
Valencia	739 004	7.6	595.6	1995–2000	1996–2000
Zurich	990 000	n.a.	n.a.	1990–1996	1990–1996

* adjusted for gender and age

** >= 70 years