Implied required activity rates per million population given published incidence studies
| Study | Exercise ECG | Angiogram | PTCA | CABG | PTCAs + CABGs |
| Gandhi (1994) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| NHSME (1994) | 1 247 | 502 | 63 | 184 | 247 |
| Current activity | 2 642 | 917 | 113 | 340 | 453 |
| Fry (1976) | 2 667 | 925 | 114 | 341 | 455 |
| British Cardiac Society | 4 000 | 1 600 to 2 000 | 400 | 600 | 1000 |
| Rose (1968) (1%) | 9 812 | 3 400 | 420 | 1263 | 1683 |
| Grieg (1980) | 10 196 | 3 537 | 435 | 1310 | 1745 |
| Marmot (1997) | 22 341 | 7 753 | 957 | 2871 | 3828 |
| Rose (1968) (3.6%) | 37 777 | 13 114 | 1620 | 4855 | 6475 |