Table 1

Time trends in age standardised mortality rates from ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25) per 100 000 (all ages); the European standard population (1976) was used for standardisation

Year	Total				Men				Women
Year	West	East	Rate ratio	95 % CI*	West	East	Rate ratio	95 % CI	West	East	Rate ratio	95 % CI
*Confidence intervals.
1990	150	167	1.11	1.07 to 1.16	221	247	1.12	1.09 to 1.16	104	118	1.14	1.09 to 1.18
1991	145	218	1.51	1.46 to 1.56	214	311	1.45	1.41 to 1.50	99	162	1.63	1.57 to 1.69
1992	142	215	1.51	1.46 to 1.57	209	305	1.45	1.41 to 1.50	98	160	1.63	1.57 to 1.69
1993	143	222	1.55	1.50 to 1.61	210	321	1.53	1.49 to 1.58	99	162	1.64	1.58 to 1.70
1994	136	221	1.62	1.57 to 1.68	199	317	1.59	1.55 to 1.64	95	163	1.72	1.66 to 1.78
1995	135	221	1.64	1.58 to 1.70	196	314	1.60	1.55 to 1.65	94	164	1.75	1.69 to 1.81
1996	131	210	1.60	1.54 to 1.66	190	298	1.57	1.52 to 1.62	92	157	1.70	1.64 to 1.77
1997	130	196	1.51	1.46 to 1.56	186	276	1.48	1.44 to 1.53	92	147	1.60	1.54 to 1.66
1998	129	190	1.47	1.42 to 1.53	184	266	1.45	1.40 to 1.49	91	144	1.57	1.52 to 1.63
1999	124	180	1.45	1.39 to 1.50	176	250	1.42	1.37 to 1.46	88	136	1.54	1.48 to 1.60
2000	116	169	1.45	1.39 to 1.50	165	238	1.44	1.40 to 1.49	83	126	1.52	1.47 to 1.58