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FIGURE 8–1<br />

Age-Adjusted Death Rates* for Coronary <strong>Heart</strong> Disease<br />

by Country and Sex, Aged 35–74, 1996 ✝<br />

HUN (95)<br />

ROM<br />

SCO<br />

IRE (95)<br />

BUL (94)<br />

NIR<br />

FIN (95)<br />

E&W<br />

NZE (94)<br />

DEN ‡ (93)<br />

POL<br />

NOR (95)<br />

AUS<br />

USA<br />

GER<br />

SWE<br />

AUL (95)<br />

CAN (95)<br />

NTH (95)<br />

GRE<br />

ITA (93)<br />

ISR<br />

SWI ‡ (94)<br />

POR<br />

SPA (95)<br />

FRA (95)<br />

JPN (94)<br />

400 200 0 200 400 600<br />

Deaths/100,000 Population<br />

* Age adjusted to European Standard.<br />

✝ Data for 1996 unless otherwise noted in parentheses.<br />

‡ Eighth revisions of the ICD.<br />

Female Male<br />

in a man of the same age. This applies to women<br />

and men at younger ages (age 50) but the differences<br />

between women and men no longer apply at<br />

older age (beyond the age of 80). 4 Established<br />

major modifiable risk factors for CHD in women,<br />

based on prospective studies, include raised total<br />

cholesterol (or LDL cholesterol), low high density<br />

lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, high blood pressure,<br />

cigarette smoking, diabetes, obesity, and<br />

physical inactivity. High triglycerides, raised<br />

Lp(a), and raised fibrinogen levels are also considered<br />

to be major risk factors by some authorities.<br />

The modifiable risk factors shown to be of cardiovascular<br />

benefit in randomized trials include<br />

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