Table 2. Effect of COCs on the incidence of and mortality from cardiovascular diseases (per 100000 per year)^*1.

Age	Incidence			Mortality
	Without COC	Non-smoker with COC	Smoker with COC	Without COC	Non-smoker with COC	Smoker with COC
Myocardial infaction
20–24	0.01	0.03	0.27	0.004	0.01	0.08
30–34	0.17	0.42	3.39	0.05	0.13	1.02
40–44	2.13	5.32	42.60	0.64	1.60	12.80
Ischemic stroke
20–24	0.60	1.51	3.03	0.15	0.38	0.75
30–34	0.98	2.46	4.92	0.25	0.61	1.23
40–44	1.60	4.01	8.02	0.40	1.00	2.01

^*1modified using data from (14)