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Table 2 Numbers of patients aged 35 to 74, free from CVD and not taking antihypertensive drugs and numbers whose ten-year CVD risk* probably exceeds 20%

From: The Sandwell Project: A controlled evaluation of a programme of targeted screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care

Practice

Practice list

Number aged 35–74, free from CVD and not taking antihypertensive drugs (percentage of practice list)

Number with ten-year CVD risk* probably >20% (percentage of practice list)

PN1

2,029

681 (33.6%)

106 (5.2%)

PN2

2,825

894 (31.6%)

129 (4.6%)

PN3

3,447

1,192 (34.6%)

177 (5.1%)

PN4

3,600

1,149 (31.9%)

205 (5.7%)

All project nurse practices

11,901

3,916 (32.9%)

617 (5.2%)

Info1

4,005

1,371 (34.2%)

182 (4.5%)

Info2

4,510

1,626 (36.1%)

292 (6.5%)

All information only practices

8,515

2,997 (35.2%)

474 (5.6%)

All practices

20,416

6,913 (33.9%)

1,091 (5.3%)

  1. * See text for an explanation of the way in which ten-year CVD risk is calculated