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1. Health st 1.4 Mortality from heart disease and stroke

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1.4.1. Ischemic heart disease, mortality rates, 2006 (or 1.4.2. Stroke, mortality rates, 2006 (or latest year
latest year available) available)

Japan 19 41 Switzerland 25 30

Korea 28 47 France 24 33 Females

Females
France 21 54 Canada 29 34 Males
Males
Netherlands 33 76 United States 32 35
Spain 34 78 Ireland 37 40
Portugal 44 79 Austria 34 42

Italy 42 84 Netherlands 35 42

Luxembourg 42 89 Australia 38 42

Switzerland 43 93 Norway 37 44

Denmark 49 93 New Zealand 46 44

Norway 49 98 Germany 37 44

Greece 46 100 Iceland 36 45

Mexico 67 106 Sweden 38 46

Australia 61 117 Mexico 40 47

Iceland 64 121 Spain 38 49

Canada 61 123 United Kingdom 46 51

OECD 66 126 Italy 41 52

Germany 66 127 Luxembourg 46 53

Sweden 64 130 Denmark 45 56

United Kingdom 62 132 Finland 43 56

Austria 75 138 OECD 48 60

Ireland 67 141 Japan 36 61

New Zealand 78 142 Greece 88 86

United States 79 145 Slovak Republic 61 89

Poland 72 151 Poland 69 94

Finland 85 190 Korea 64 97

Czech Republic 211 Czech Republic Age-standardised rates per 87 100 000109
Age-standardised
123 rates per 100 000 population population
Hungary 177 303 Portugal 100 126

Slovak Republic 209 324 Hungary 87 129

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 -10 10 30 50 70 90 110 130 150

1.4.3. Trends in ischemic heart disease mortality rates, 1.4.4. Trends in stroke mortality rates, selected OECD
selected OECD countries, 1980–2006 countries, 1980–2006
Denmark Hungary Austria Portugal
Japan OECD Switzerland OECD
Age-standardised rates per 100 000 population Age-standardised rates per 100 000 population
300 300

250 250

200 200

150 150

100 100

50 50

0 0
50 50

0 0

Source: OECD Health Data 2009. The raw mortality data are extracted from the WHO Mortality Database, and age-standardised to the
1980 OECD population.
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1.4.1. Ischemic heart disease, mortality rates, 2006 (or latest year available)
Females Males
Japan 19.0 41.4
Korea 28.2 46.5
France 20.8 53.9
Netherlands 33.4 76.4
Spain 33.9 77.9
Portugal 43.8 78.8
Italy 41.9 84.2
Luxembourg 41.6 89.2
Switzerland 43.3 92.6
Denmark 48.8 92.8
Norway 49.3 98.2
Greece 45.5 100.1
Mexico 66.8 105.8
Australia 61.3 117.1
Iceland 63.6 120.7
Canada 60.9 122.9
OECD 66.4 126.2
Germany 66.2 127.1
Sweden 63.8 130.3
United Kingdom 62.4 132.1
Austria 74.7 137.7
Ireland 67.1 140.8
New Zealand 78.3 142.3
United States 78.9 144.6
Poland 72.1 151.2
Finland 84.6 190.2
Czech Republic 122.5 211.2
Hungary 177.3 302.9
Slovak Republic 209.0 323.7

Source: OECD Health Data 2009.

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1.4.2. Stroke, mortality rates, 2006 (or latest year available)
Females Males
Switzerland 25.4 30.1
France 23.9 33.0
Canada 28.8 33.9
United States 31.9 34.8
Ireland 36.5 39.6
Austria 34.2 42.0
Netherlands 35.4 42.0
Australia 37.9 42.4
Norway 37.0 43.5
New Zealand 46.2 43.5
Germany 36.5 44.3
Iceland 35.8 45.4
Sweden 37.6 45.5
Mexico 40.0 47.0
Spain 38.1 49.3
United Kingdom 45.9 50.8
Italy 41.0 52.2
Luxembourg 46.2 53.0
Denmark 44.9 56.2
Finland 43.4 56.4
OECD 47.8 59.8
Japan 35.7 60.5
Greece 88.0 85.8
Slovak Republic 60.7 88.6
Poland 69.2 94.4
Korea 64.0 96.8
Czech Republic 86.6 108.5
Portugal 99.6 125.9
Hungary 87.2 128.6

Source: OECD Health Data 2009.

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sease and stroke
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1.4.3. Trends in ischemic heart disease mortality rates, selected OECD countries, 1980–2006
Denmark Hungary Japan OECD
1980 261.2 217 50.9 171.8
1981 258.4 231.5 50.8 170.3
1982 241.3 230.7 48 166.8
1983 237.9 231 47.7 165.2
1984 235.4 223.9 45.2 162.0
1985 232.1 225 43.7 162.6
1986 226.5 227.5 40.8 157.5
1987 221.9 221.5 38.7 154.3
1988 211.6 223.5 39.1 150.5
1989 204.4 222.8 36.2 147.6
1990 201.6 226.6 36.5 144.3
1991 187.8 230.2 35.1 141.4
1992 181.9 234.6 33.4 138.3
1993 180.2 244.2 32.7 137.0
1994 158.0 233.1 34.9 130.3
1995 157.4 235.4 43.7 128.9
1996 136.6 237.8 40 123.6
1997 130.5 232.2 38.3 118.7
1998 120.5 234.2 36.8 115.4
1999 117.4 240.9 36.7 114.6
2000 106.0 225.4 33.4 107.9
2001 106.4 212.9 32.6 103.2
2002 93.7 209.3 31.6 100.7
2003 87.9 219.7 31.3 98.1
2004 80.4 220.6 29.5 92.5
2005 73.9 247.5 30.3 89.7
2006 67.8 228.5 29 86.9

Source: OECD Health Data 2009.

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1.4.4. Trends in stroke mortality rates, selected OECD countries, 1980–2006
Austria Portugal Switzerland OECD
1980 146.7 273.9 87.4 122.5
1981 146.5 252.2 83.1 118.6
1982 137.2 236.9 79.7 113.5
1983 143.6 244.2 74.3 112.8
1984 134.1 240.6 69.2 108.6
1985 134.2 234.1 65.9 108.1
1986 130.4 220.9 63.1 104.7
1987 120.6 217.5 58.6 99.6
1988 109.0 214.7 57.9 96.4
1989 100.8 197.6 55.2 92.9
1990 95.3 204.7 54.5 91.8
1991 94.2 202.5 50.7 89.4
1992 88.0 188.5 49.2 86.9
1993 82.8 190.8 47.7 86.2
1994 80.3 172.3 46.6 82.8
1995 77.4 170.5 44.1 81.2
1996 80.1 166.8 41.4 77.7
1997 77.0 151.0 41.2 73.8
1998 73.2 146.0 39.0 73.0
1999 69.9 140.8 38.1 72.1
2000 65.7 132.5 35.4 69.3
2001 59.5 124.9 33.1 66.5
2002 58.2 116.8 31.7 64.8
2003 52.6 111.2 33.1 62.5
2004 40.1 29.2 57.7
2005 38.3 28.5 54.2
2006 37.3 27.4 52.3

Source: OECD Health Data 2009.