Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD)

women under 75

 

all CVD

CHD

stroke

all deaths

over 30,000

 

 

 

 

deaths

 

 

 

 

Russian Fed.

257,285

111,575

105,591

498,174

Ukraine

105,017

60,899

33,716

182,320

Germany

42,472

18,617

9,454

132,068

Romania

34,252

111,180

13,295

64,792

Poland

33,442

7,840

7,353

78,402

UK

30,040

16,056

7,251

97,091

 

 

 

 

 

10-30,000

 

 

 

 

Italy

23,815

7,646

7,325

82,577

Bulgaria

14,048

3,748

4,841

24,192

France

13,645

3,773

3,814

69,512

Spain

12,551

3,956

3,739

46,710

Hungary

12,246

5,202

3,556

28,944

 

 

 

 

 

5-10,000

 

 

 

 

Czech Republic

9,605

4,142

2,241

21,642

Netherlands

5,763

2,059

1,365

21,239

Greece

5,424

1,611

1,874

14,365

Portugal

5,337

1,310

2,682

16,677

Slovakia

5,312

2,590

1,110

11,091

 

 

 

 

 

3-5,000

 

 

 

 

Austria

4,206

1,781

973

11,643

Belgium

4,197

1,341

1,110

15,746

Lithuania

3,808

2,064

1,100

8,974

Latvia

3,682

1,683

1,524

7,527

Sweden

3,387

1,775

796

11,576

 

 

 

 

 

1-3,000

 

 

 

 

Finland

2,375

1,280

674

7,148

Denmark

2,238

1,060

574

10,288

Switzerland

2,031

798

406

8,544

Estonia

1,985

1,025

689

4,093

Israel

1,757

735

540

6,589

Ireland

1,735

975

364

5,329

Norway

1,729

891

450

5,851

 

 

 

 

 

under 1,000

 

 

 

 

Luxembourg

181

50

46

631

Iceland

60

32

12

301

 

 

 

 

 

Total EU

157,366

63,742

42,041

542,600

Total Europe

755,995

327,345

256,171

1,761,281

Data from WHO (1999) at www.who.ch

ICD codes (9th and 10th revision) - all CVD 390-459, 100-199, CHD 410-414, 120-125, stroke 430-438, 160-169.

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