Cerebral stroke | Myocardial infarction | ||||||||
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Number of deaths Norway 1994 | Per cent mortality reduction by a reduction in systolic blood pressure of: | Number of deaths Norway 1994 | Per cent mortality reduction by a reduction in systolic blood pressure of: | ||||||
1 mm Hg | 2 mm Hg | 4 mm Hg | 1 mm Hg | 2 mm Hg | 4 mm Hg | ||||
Age 40–69 | |||||||||
Men | 285 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 15.7 | 1493 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 9.9 | |
Women | 204 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 15.7 | 418 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 13.3 | |
Age 70+ | |||||||||
Men | 1762 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 3716 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 6.7 | |
Women | 2812 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 3396 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 6.3 | |
Age 40+ | |||||||||
Men | 2047 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 5209 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 7.6 | |
Women | 3016 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 3814 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 7.1 | |
Total | 5063 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 9023 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 7.4 |