Table 7

Correlation coefficients for associations between prescribing rates for CHD drug groups and the SMR for CHD

PCTStatinsAspirinACE inhibitorsβ blockersBendrofluazideAll CHD drugs
**Significant at 0.01 level; *significant at 0.05 level.
1 0.2490.128−0.0130.231−0.329*0.096
2 0.2090.0740.1150.095−0.0780.091
3 0.0500.030−0.107−0.119−0.0830.022
4 −0.383*−0.586**−0.567**−0.434*−0.271−0.511**
All −0.173*0.011−0.344**−0.010−0.346**−0.218*