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. 2001 Jun 9;322(7299):1394–1395. doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7299.1394

Table.

Exercise testing and angiography in 10 hospital catchment areas in two Danish counties, one rural and one urban

Hospital catchment area No of exercise tests per million inhabitants Angiography per million inhabitants Percentage of exercise tests suggesting disease Percentage of exercise tests suggesting disease that led to referral for angiography Distance (km) from hospital to angiography centre
Rural (Ringkøbing):
 1 2213 940 28 33 154
 2 2978 1645 31 33 128
 3 4044 1451 27 41 127
 4 3649 1090 30 40 116
 5 2931 1326 28 58 82
Urban (Aarhus):
 1 3965 2441 28 69 62
 2 2000 1576 27 53 42
 3 3835 2292 25 61 36
 4 4278 1519 23 79 21
 5* 3634 2683 26 63 2
*

Two different units with bicycle exercise testing in Aarhus University Hospital, but serving the same hospital area population.