Table 2

Estimated number of contacts, first diagnoses, and patients by sex and age group and percentages of totals for Scotland,* April 1999–March 2000

	Age group (years)	Number of patients with HF	% of total patients with HF	Number of first diagnoses for HF	% of total first diagnoses for HF	Number of contacts for HF	% of total contacts for HF
HF, heart failure; NA, not applicable.
*CMR age and sex specific rates extrapolated to whole of Scotland.
Men	0–44	183	1.1	17	0.4	249	0.6
	45–64	2510	15.5	801	17.8	5820	13.9
	65–74	5041	31.1	1183	26.3	12775	30.6
	75–84	6238	38.5	1967	43.7	16713	40.0
	⩾85	2244	13.8	536	11.9	6231	14.9
	⩾65	13523	83.4	3686	81.8	35719	85.5
	⩾75	8482	52.3	2503	55.6	22944	54.9
	All ages	16216	NA	4504	NA	41788	NA
Women	0–44	118	0.6	51	0.9	168	0.3
	45–64	1979	9.4	792	13.5	4073	8.4
	65–74	5046	23.9	1489	25.4	10656	22.1
	75–84	8743	41.5	2221	37.8	20529	42.5
	⩾85	5203	24.7	1318	22.4	12888	26.7
	⩾65	18992	90.1	5028	85.6	44073	91.2
	⩾75	13946	66.1	3539	60.3	33417	69.2
	All ages	21089	NA	5871	NA	48314	NA
Both sexes	0–44	301	0.8	68	0.7	417	0.5
Both sexes	45–64	4489	12.0	1593	15.4	9893	11.0
	65–74	10087	27.0	2672	25.8	23431	26.0
	75–84	37242	41.3	4188	40.4	37242	41.3
	⩾85	7447	20.0	1854	17.9	19119	21.2
	⩾65	32515	87.2	8714	84.0	79792	88.6
	⩾75	22428	60.1	6042	58.2	56361	62.6
	All ages	37305	NA	10375	NA	90102	NA