Table 2

Age standardised ischaemic heart disease mortality rates (per 100 000) and potential gain in life expectancy (PGLE)(years) projections in seven European countries by gender from 2005–2030

	Year	Country
	Year	Denmark	UK	Finland	France	Netherlands	Norway	Sweden
Men
Mortality rates	2005	209.25	267.40	313.07	93.64	133.74	182.20	230.93
Mortality rates	2030	90.13	120.22	163.25	55.55	61.43	102.74	104.70
Ratio	2030/2005^*	0.43	0.45	0.52	0.59	0.46	0.56	0.45

PGLE	2005	1.97	3.31	3.98	1.17	1.38	2.12	2.85
PGLE	2030	1.01	2.23	3.03	1.05	0.76	1.60	1.86
Ratio	2030/2005	0.51	0.67	0.76	0.90	0.55	0.75	0.65
Women
Mortality rates	2005	119.51	146.00	171.96	42.38	65.38	92.42	121.31
Mortality rates	2030	52.52	69.76	121.52	26.36	31.22	61.91	55.44
Ratio	2030/2005	0.44	0.48	0.71	0.62	0.48	0.67	0.46

PGLE	2005	1.76	2.35	4.10	0.98	1.05	1.79	2.34
PGLE	2030	0.77	1.44	3.62	0.84	0.49	1.42	1.29
Ratio	2030/2005	0.44	0.61	0.88	0.86	0.47	0.79	0.55

For Denmark, the values for 2005 are not observed but projected.
↵* The figure of 2030 divided by the related figure in 2005.