Table 1

Risk profile of men in the 24 towns

Town (ordered by latitude)	Number of subjects	15 year incidence of CHD (age standardised % pa)	Mean SBP	Mean serum total cholesterol (mmol/l)	Current smokers (%)	Manual social class (%)	Physically “active” (%)	Mean height (cm)	Mean BMI (kg/m²)	Heavy drinkers (%)
Exeter	332	0.81	139	6.5	38	45	40	173.6	25.8	25
Guildford	335	0.54	136	6.3	24	23	45	175.8	24.8	25
Maidstone	318	0.52	146	6.3	43	55	34	174.2	25.5	32
Merthyr Tydfil	283	0.91	149	6.2	48	72	27	170.9	25.6	51
Gloucester	311	0.82	145	6.0	45	70	39	172.2	25.9	34
Bedford	298	0.64	148	6.1	28	46	38	174.1	25.4	25
Ipswich	362	0.81	143	6.3	32	42	47	174.5	25.5	20
Shrewsbury	311	1.05	136	6.5	34	39	45	174.0	25.3	30
Lowestoft	324	0.54	142	6.5	37	63	43	174.3	25.2	23
Mansfield	321	0.74	144	6.4	41	58	37	173.0	25.7	31
Newcastle-u-Lyme	293	1.00	149	6.3	48	68	34	173.6	25.7	50
Scunthorpe	332	0.89	140	6.0	49	77	42	172.2	25.8	35
Grimsby	318	1.04	148	6.2	60	81	28	172.8	25.6	48
Wigan	337	0.99	148	6.2	40	65	30	172.8	25.4	55
Southport	322	0.94	147	6.2	36	43	45	173.8	25.3	34
Dewsbury	325	1.07	151	6.4	50	64	29	172.7	25.5	44
Burnley	287	0.82	146	6.4	46	69	22	171.7	25.1	43
Harrogate	280	0.84	139	6.4	32	33	44	174.5	25.8	36
Darlington	382	0.60	147	6.5	34	41	42	174.1	25.3	36
Hartlepool	313	0.96	148	6.1	42	73	30	173.2	25.6	60
Carlisle	389	1.01	150	6.6	41	58	32	173.2	25.3	44
Ayr	301	0.90	143	6.3	51	63	35	171.2	25.1	44
Falkirk	309	1.02	148	6.2	49	74	37	172.1	26.1	43
Dunfermline	352	1.02	152	6.3	46	61	43	172.8	25.4	30
Correlation with CHD incidence			0.37	−0.07	0.56	0.45	−0.32	−0.54	0.34	0.59

% pa, percentage per annum; BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure.