Table 1

Heart failure in the Oxford region 1981–1983 and 2008–2010

	Number of deaths		Rates per 100 000		Ratio* of rate† in 2008–2010/ 1981–1983
Age group, years	1981–1983	2008–2010	1981–1983	2008–2010	Ratio* of rate† in 2008–2010/ 1981–1983
Men
35–39	13	9	4.9	2.8	–
40–44	21	22	9.7	6.3	0.65
45–49	48	32	24.0	9.9	0.41
50–54	99	58	51.9	20.7	0.40
55–59	182	76	100.3	30.4	0.30
60–64	277	132	172.6	53.1	0.31
65–69	400	177	305.1	99.1	0.32
70–74	593	265	545.5	183.5	0.34
75–79	798	417	1138.4	377.4	0.33
80–84	637	597	1912.9	796.0	0.42
85+	587	1083	3623.5	1927.1	0.53
35 and over	3655	2868	255.4	103.0	0.40
Women
35–39	5	5	1.9	1.5	–
40–44	13	4	6.3	1.1	–
45–49	11	13	5.7	4.0	–
50–54	44	20	23.6	7.2	0.31
55–59	63	21	34.5	8.2	0.24
60–64	126	53	73.6	20.7	0.28
65–69	217	82	143.1	43.6	0.30
70–74	477	141	342.4	89.9	0.26
75–79	727	291	668.8	219.3	0.33
80–84	938	549	1326.7	519.4	0.39
85+	1651	1745	3181.1	1480.1	0.47
35 and over	4272	2924	165.7	62.6	0.38
Total	7927	5792	202.6	80.3	0.40

Number of mentions on death certificates, age-specific mortality rates per 100 000 population, and the age-standardised mortality rate in 2008–2010 expressed as a ratio to that in 1981–1983.
*Ratios compare periods covered by different versions of International Classification of Disease codes and governed by different rules for the selection of underlying cause of death.
†Rates given where heart failure as a cause in 2008–2010 is ≥15.