Table 1.

Annual trends in explanatory variables in Spanish general population

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Proportion (%) Smokers	31.9	32.0	31.8	31.6	31.4	31.2	29.8	28.4	27.9	27.8	27.6
Proportion (%) Obesity	15.1	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.0	16.7	17.3	17.9
Proportion (%) Overweight	41.0	40.3	40.6	41.0	41.4	41.8	41.2	40.6	40.7	40.7	40.8
Drugs for control of vascular risk Number of Defined Daily Doses* per 1000 inhabitants per day (×10). Total	171.5	185.6	204.9	227.7	253.8	279.2	303.0	329.7	359.6	377.7	412.3
Statins	7.8	9.4	14.3	19.7	24.4	30.4	38.0	48.7	60.1	69.2	81.3
Antihypertensive drugs	119.2	127.6	136.6	148.4	163.8	175.7	186.9	197.1	210.2	215.7	232.9
Antidiabetic drugs	27.0	28.9	32.3	35.6	39.1	43.2	46.0	48.9	51.7	53.3	55.7
Antiplatelet drugs	17.5	19.6	21.7	24.0	26.6	29.9	32.2	35.0	37.6	39.5	42.4

DDD: number of doses (adult average maintenance dose per day) prescribed and sold in the National Health System.