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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Dec 15;123(4):e18–e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182009701

Table 3-3.

International Death Rates (Revised 2010): Death Rates (Per 100 000 Population) for Total CVD, CHD, Stroke, and Total Deaths in Selected Countries (Most Recent Year Available)

ICD
Revision
9 or 10
CVD
Deaths
CHD
Deaths
Stroke
Deaths
Total
Deaths
Men, ages 35–74 y
  Russian Federation (2006) 10 1299.2 706.0 351.4 2683.4
  Bulgaria (2006) 10 (new) 899.5 253.5 239.8 1635.2
  Hungary (2005) 10 709.7 384.7 140.8 1818.0
  Romania (2008) 10 682.6 283.5 204.3 1560.2
  Argentina (1996) 9 531.0 140.3 115.7 1344.3
  Poland (2007) 10 503.1 190.8 103.2 1448.1
  Colombia (1994) 9 397.1 189.6 90.0 1166.1
  Czech Republic (2008) 10 396.6 209.7 64.1 1098.8
  China - Urban (2000) 9 374.8 108.3 160.1 976.8
  Scotland (2007) 10 294.8 195.3 46.1 936.1
  Finland (2008) 10 290.9 173.6 44.1 845.9
  Mexico (1995) 9 273.3 136.8 60.5 1172.0
  China - Rural (2000) 9 265.3 41.6 364.5 828.0
  Greece (2008) 9 262.2 135.9 55.1 733.8
  United States (2007) 10 262.8 153.3 31.6 868.9
  Portugal (2003) 10 252.8 96.6 96.1 966.5
  Germany (2006) 10 242.1 125.3 34.5 788.5
  Northern Ireland (2007) 10 232.4 161.9 29.6 781.2
  Ireland (2007) 10 (new) 227.6 152.5 25.7 701.3
  Belgium (2004) 10 222.6 106.5 37.6 825.0
  England/Wales (2007) 10 219.7 138.3 32.7 702.2
  New Zealand (2005) 10 206.8 138.4 3 30. 646.3
  Denmark (2006) 10 206.6 84.8 45.6 865.6
  Canada (2004) 10 198.3 130.8 24.2 705.3
  Sweden (2007) 10 193.9 115.6 30.6 602.5
  Spain (2005) 10 191.2 92.1 39.2 786.3
  Austria (2008) 10 184.7 105.9 27.1 708.2
  Norway (2007) 10 177.3 95.9 29.0 633.8
  Republic of Korea (2006) 10 175.6 51.4 93.1 895.1
  Netherlands (2008) 10 162.5 66.2 26.6 637.3
  Italy (2007) 10 160.6 75.6 29.9 625.8
  Switzerland (2007) 10 150.4 78.2 16.6 587.5
  Japan (2008) 10 149.9 47.6 54.4 619.6
  Israel (2006) 10 147.8 78.7 31.2 650.5
  France (2007) 10 145.1 58.4 26.5 775.3
  Australia (2006) 10 141.3 88.9 22.0 553.4
Women, ages 35–74 y
  Russian Federation (2006) 10 521.4 237.1 189.2 1001.8
  Bulgaria (2006) 10 (new) 420.4 86.7 137.5 750.7
  Romania (2008) 10 332.3 112.9 122.6 705.6
  Hungary (2005) 10 291.1 144.6 67.0 780.4
  Colombia (1994) 9 286.1 110.2 83.8 747.7
  China - Urban (2000) 9 258.9 71.9 103.1 637.7
  Argentina (1996) 9 227.2 39.4 63.2 642.3
  Mexico (1995) 9 196.5 73.2 52.4 773.1
  Poland (2007) 10 186.9 54.9 52.5 579.2
  China–Rural (2000) 9 184.6 29.1 239.1 528.1
  Czech Republic (2008) 10 163.4 70.7 35.0 518.5
  Scotland (2007) 10 130.9 67.5 33.0 590.0
  United States (2007) 10 131.5 60.4 24.3 546.3
  Portugal (2003) 10 123.2 34.8 54.6 448.7
  Northern Ireland (2007) 10 101.4 51.5 28.1 470.7
  Greece (2008) 9 101.0 34.1 30.9 330.3
  Denmark (2006) 10 100.0 32.4 32.1 557.8
  Germany (2006) 10 97.8 38.2 20.1 402.4
  England/Wales (2007) 10 97.1 43.4 25.4 450.4
  New Zealand (2005) 10 97.0 47.2 27.1 425.3
  Ireland (2007) 10 (new) 96.2 48.6 21.1 434.9
  Belgium (2004) 10 95.3 32.1 26.6 430.9
  Republic of Korea (2006) 10 89.0 20.0 50.8 359.3
  Finland (2008) 10 84.8 39.9 22.1 380.4
  Canada (2004) 10 83.1 42.8 17.3 432.7
  Sweden (2007) 10 79.5 36.4 20.6 382.2
  Netherlands (2008) 10 76.3 22.8 19.2 425.0
  Austria (2008) 10 73.8 33.0 16.2 358.8
  Spain (2005) 10 73.5 22.9 21.0 325.9
  Norway (2007) 10 69.3 27.7 19.2 394.7
  Israel (2006) 10 69.0 26.9 18.7 391.7
  Italy (2007) 10 67.3 22.2 18.2 326.0
  Australia (2006) 10 60.4 26.8 16.3 327.5
  Japan (2008) 10 57.9 13.8 24.4 277.1
  Switzerland (2007) 10 54.1 19.4 12.4 327.6
  France (2007) 10 51.3 12.2 14.0 346.2

Rates are adjusted to the European Standard population. For countries using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9, the ICD-9 codes are 390–459 for CVD, 410–414 for coronary heart disease (CHD), and 430–438 for stroke. ICD-10 codes are I00–I99 for cardiovascular disease (CVD), I20 –I25 for CHD, and I60–I69 for stroke.

Sources: The World Health Organization, National Center for Health Statistics, and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.