In Italy, mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system ranks first: among the adult population (35-74 years) 12% of all deaths are due to ischaemic heart disease, 8% to acute myocardial infarction.

Mortality due to ischemic heart disease is higher in men than in women. From the mid 1970s mortality rate has been declining slowly but steadily.

 

The graphs (men, women) and the table below show the trend of mortality rate due to ischaemic heart disease and acute myocardial infarction from 1980 to 2002 in Italy. Mortality rates are age-standardized (35-74 years) using the direct method and the European reference population [Source: database on mortality in Italy of the Statistical Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità]. In the graphs, mortality rates are age-adjusted (35-74 years) and presented using a scale from 0 to 250 per 100,000 for men and a scale from 0 to 80 per 100,000 for women.

 

Data are also available on mortality due to ischemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) and mortality due to acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410) for the age range 335-74 years in the different geographical areas of the country.

 

Men

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to ischaemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) and acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410), men aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

Women

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to ischaemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) and acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410), women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to ischaemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) and acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410), men and women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

	Men		Women
	410-14	410	410-14	410
1980	222.44	166.01	68.22	43.57
1981	216.49	162.91	64.47	42.47
1982	207.54	155.79	61.59	40.42
1983	212.09	157.23	63.19	40.56
1984	196.07	147.48	57.44	38.77
1985	188.77	144.88	54.41	38.07
1986	185.16	137.88	52.88	36.99
1987	179.15	131.56	51.61	35.54
1988	170.34	124.37	50.57	35.03
1989	165.91	118.10	49.47	33.41
1990	159.04	110.64	47.29	31.17
1991	159.33	108.59	44.82	29.47
1992	150.82	102.27	42.41	27.32
1993	148.45	100.18	41.47	27.31
1994	142.88	93.78	41.51	26.14
1995	137.18	88.47	39.82	24.74
1996	131.56	83.19	37.25	22.54
1997	125.71	80.75	35.60	21.57
1998	123.96	82.08	34.86	21.77
1999	112.85	74.41	32.17	19.76
2000	104.53	68.26	29.95	18.72
2001	98.61	64.46	28.47	18.03
2002	97.40	64.60	27.33	17.33

 

View the graphs on age-adjusted (35-74 years) mortality in the specific geographical areas from:

• ischaemic heart disease mortality (codes ICD-9 410-14)
• acute myocardial infarction mortality (code ICD-9 410).