Table 1

Health data

	Daily mean hospital admissions
City	Cardiac*	Cardiac over 65 years	IHD 0–64 years†	IHD over 65 years	Stroke over 65 years‡
*Cardiac: ICD-9 390–429. †Ischaemic heart disease: ICD-9 410–413. ‡Stroke: ICD-9 430–438.
Barcelona	16	11	2	4	4
Birmingham	47	30	10	12	10
London	121	81	20	31	25
Milan	38	25	5	6	10
Netherlands			60	74	43.1
Paris	138	67	25	22	17
Rome	87	55	9	11	19
Stockholm	36	28	4	12	10