Table 7 Age adjusted mortality (%) after onset of heart failure in men and women aged 65–74 years in the Framingham heart study during the period 1950–1999.

Period	1 year mortality in men	1 year mortality in women	5 year mortality in men	5 year mortality in women
1950–1969	30	28	70	57
1970–1979	41	28	75	59
1980–1989	33 (30)	27 (20)	65 (65)	51 (51)
1990–1999	28 (21)	24 (17)	59 (50)	45 (46)

Data in parentheses are from Olmsted County (4537 heart failure patients with a mean age of 79 years for women and 73 years for men).^{23 w46}