Table 5

Age standardised incidence^5-150 and one year mortality^5-150 ^† rates of first coronary events in the low and high income groups (per 100 000 persons), and the proportion^5-152 of mortality difference between the income groups attributable to the difference in case fatality and difference in incidence

Sex and income group		Incidence		Mortality	Proportion (%) attributable to
Sex and income group		Incidence		Mortality	case fatality	incidence
Men		51	49
Low	648	310
High	370	96
Women		38	62
Low	177	52
High	86	18

↵5-150 Adopted from Salomaa et al.8 ^†Mortality within one year after the onset of the event.
↵5-152 Calculated as described in the Methods.