Table 3

Prevalence of perceived family weakness attributable to heart disease by offspring age and social class, and prevalence of a parental CHD death

Age		Social class	Sons			Daughters		All
Age		Social class	M	NM		Total	M	All		NM	Total
	Parental status
30–39		Alive/non-CHD death	4/52	12/107	16/159	6/38	17/140	23/178	39/337
30–39		Alive/non-CHD death	7.7%	11.2%	10.1%	15.8%	12.1%	12.9%	11.6%
		CHD death	4/25	8/23	12/48	7/18	17/41	24/59	36/107
		CHD death	16.0%	34.8%	25.0%	38.9%	41.5%	40.7%	33.6%
40–49		Alive/non-CHD death	12/173	26/255	38/428	13/112	63/434	76/546	114/974
40–49		Alive/non-CHD death	6.9%	10.2%	8.9%	11.6%	14.5%	13.9%	11.7%
		CHD death	13/60	23/84	36/144	12/49	47/129	59/178	95/322
		CHD death	21.7%	27.4%	25.0%	24.5%	36.4%	33.1%	29.5%
50–59		Alive/non-CHD death	7/74	7/86	14/160	7/49	18/164	25/213	39/373
50–59		Alive/non-CHD death	9.5%	8.1%	8.8%	14.3%	11.0%	11.7%	10.5%
		CHD death	4/35	9/36	13/71	11/26	17/60	28/86	41/157
		CHD death	11.4%	25.0%	18.3%	42.3%	28.3%	32.6%	26.1%
Total		Alive/non-CHD death	23/299	45/448	68/747	26/199	98/738	124/937	192/1684
Total		Alive/non-CHD death	7.7%	10.0%	9.1%	13.1%	13.3%	13.2%	11.4%
		CHD death	21/120	40/143	61/263	30/93	81/230	111/323	172/586
		CHD death	17.5%	28.0%	23.2%	32.3%	35.2%	34.4%	29.4%
		All	44/419	85/591	129/1010	56/292	179/968	235/1260	364/2270
		All	10.5%	14.4%	12.8%	19.2%	18.5%	18.7%	16.0%