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Table 2 CVD prevalence and incidence risk percent by region

From: Geographical variation in cardiovascular incidence: results from the British Women's Heart and Health Study

 

South England

Midlands/

Wales

North England

Scotland

Number of baseline responders

1319

770

1650

547

Prevalent CVD at baseline (% of baseline responders)

213 (16.1%)

177 (23.0%)

320 (19.4%)

135 (24.7%)

Incident CVD - non-fatal

If prevalent disease at baseline

(% those with prevalent disease)*

5 (2.4%)

7 (4.0%)

16 (5.0%)

4 (3.0%)

If no prevalent disease at baseline

(% those without prevalent disease)

102 (9.2%)

47 (7.9%)

114 (8.6%)

38 (9.2%)

Total non-fatal events

107 (8.1%)

54 (7.0%)

130 (7.9%)

42 (7.7%)

Incident CVD - fatal

    

If prevalent disease at baseline

(% those with prevalent disease)

14 (6.6%)

16 (9.0%)

40 (12.5%)

10 (7.4%)

If no prevalent disease at baseline

(% those without prevalent disease)

32 (2.9%)

21 (3.5%)

40 (3.0%)

17 (4.1%)

Total fatal events

46 (3.5%)

37 (4.8%)

80 (4.8%)

27 (4.9%)

Incident CVD - fatal/non-fatal combined**

If prevalent disease at baseline

(% those with prevalent disease)

19 (8.9%)

21 (11.9%)

55 (17.1%)

14 (10.4%)

If no prevalent disease at baseline

(% those without prevalent disease)

129 (11.7%)

62 (10.5%)

148 (11.1%)

54 (13.1%)

Total incident events

148 (11.2%)

83 (10.8%)

203 (12.3%)

68 (12.4%)

  1. * Only applies to MI and stroke events (angina and unstable angina cannot be both prevalent and incident).
  2. ** Fatal and non-fatal events may sum to greater than the combined events since some individuals have both fatal and non-fatal CVD events (but the combined numbers only include the first of these, i.e. only include the non-fatal event)