Table 3

Age specific and age standardised event rates^3-150 per 100 000 population for first and recurrent coronary events in men and women aged 30 to 69 years in 1994–95 compared with 1966–67

	Rate		Change in rates
	1966–67	1994–95	%	95% CI
Men
Non-fatal definite MI
30–49 years	70.4	46.8	−33.5	−72.3, 54.1
50–69 years	365.5	358.2	−2.0	−23.9, 19.8
Age standardised	188.4	171.4	−9.0	−27.8, 9.8
All fatal events
30–49 years	77.7	22.8	−70.7	−105.8, −37.3
50–69 years	494.7	266.8	−46.1	−63.3, −29.3
Age standardised	244.5	120.4	−50.8	−64.9, −36.6
All events
30–49 years	148.8	69.7	−53.2	−78.6, −27.6
50–69 years	861.3	625.0	−27.4	−40.9, −13.9
Age standardised	433.8	291.8	−32.7	−44.1, −21.3

Women
Non-fatal definite MI
30–49 years	8.5	7.2	−15.3	−130.6, 103.5
50–69 years	71.5	114.8	60.6	6.5, 114.4
Age standardised	33.7	50.2	50.0	0.0, 99.7
All fatal events
30–49 years	5.5	2.4	−56.4	−210.9, 71.6
50–69 years	163.5	105.5	−35.3	−64.8, −5.8
Age standardised	68.7	43.6	−36.5	−64.2, −8.9
All events
30–49 years	13.9	9.5	−31.7	−126.6, 55.0
50–69 years	235.0	220.5	−6.2	−32.4, 20.1
Age standardised	102.3	93.9	−8.2	−33.1, 16.7

↵3-150 Rates for both studies are directly standardised to a world standard population