Mortality due to ischemic heart disease is higher in men than women. From the 1980s to the present day, mortality due to ischemic heart disease has been decreasing slowly but steadily in both sexes. Difference in mortality between North and Centre-South. which was apparent in the 1980s. has diminished. Mortality due to cerebrovascular disease does not show the same pattern.

 

The graphs (men, women) and tables (men, women) below show the trend of mortality due to ischemic heart disease from 1980 to 2002 in the different geographical areas of the country: North-East (Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna), North-West (Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia), Centre (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), South and Islands (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna). Mortality rates for persons aged 35-74 years were calculated and standardized using the direct method and the European standard population to allow for a comparison between the different geographical areas and genders. The original data come from the database on mortality in Italy of the Statistical Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. In the graphs. mortality rates are presented using a scale from 0 to 300 per 100,000 for men and a scale from 0 to 80 per 100,000 for women.

 

The graphs and tables below show the trend of mortality rate due to ischemic heart disease from 1980 to 2002 in the different geographical areas of the country: North-East (Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna), North-West (Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia), Centre (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), South and Islands (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna). The data. drawn from the database on mortality in Italy of the Statistical Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, were standardized to allow for a comparison between the different geographical areas.

 

Men

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to ischemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) by geographical area, men aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

	North East	North West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	239.74	193.82	199.71	200.81	222.44
1981	238.38	190.47	192.86	193.09	216.49
1982	222.21	184.44	185.04	186.32	207.54
1983	224.84	212.45	194.35	190.51	212.09
1984	206.94	193.31	178.89	180.48	196.07
1985	195.92	181.85	174.32	176.70	188.77
1986	194.94	177.24	173.94	171.13	185.16
1987	185.14	169.68	166.03	170.57	179.15
1988	177.44	183.46	160.76	161.33	170.34
1989	170.80	176.31	159.07	158.59	165.91
1990	162.37	172.80	146.58	153.39	159.04
1991	157.30	167.72	150.30	159.48	159.33
1992	154.39	160.25	144.28	144.90	150.82
1993	152.42	154.79	141.89	144.94	148.45
1994	142.35	124.59	137.65	143.13	142.88
1995	135.63	122.24	131.66	135.17	137.18
1996	130.05	116.50	125.66	130.87	131.56
1997	124.09	107.27	121.70	127.81	125.71
1998	122.74	105.15	120.90	125.75	123.96
1999	112.50	92.59	108.16	117.64	112.85
2000	100.59	105.44	101.65	108.23	104.53
2001	94.68	96.95	95.34	104.78	98.61
2002	91.50	93.77	98.66	103.62	97.40

 

Women

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to ischemic heart disease (codes ICD-9 410-14) by geographical area, women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

 

	North East	North West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	68.82	73.06	56.34	71.58	68.22
1981	62.78	67.67	55.48	69.02	64.47
1982	61.34	66.49	51.50	64.34	61.59
1983	61.32	67.18	54.01	67.51	63.19
1984	54.08	61.02	51.54	60.96	57.44
1985	55.41	57.00	46.15	57.79	54.41
1986	51.26	53.78	47.48	57.18	52.88
1987	51.27	51.90	48.56	54.54	51.61
1988	48.01	52.04	49.14	52.56	50.57
1989	47.64	50.44	47.27	51.93	49.47
1990	42.35	48.85	43.96	52.05	47.29
1991	40.94	43.70	42.79	50.60	44.82
1992	40.70	41.17	39.60	47.09	42.41
1993	39.91	41.04	36.82	46.65	41.47
1994	38.94	41.03	40.06	45.56	41.51
1995	37.22	39.40	36.43	45.04	39.82
1996	33.75	35.07	36.19	42.81	37.25
1997	32.75	34.25	34.41	40.21	35.60
1998	31.34	33.21	33.49	40.07	34.86
1999	28.41	29.56	31.18	38.21	32.17
2000	26.10	27.27	29.71	35.82	29.95
2001	24.43	26.23	27.68	34.14	28.47
2002	22.99	24.49	26.35	34.03	27.33