Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (106K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
  • Sections
    • Introduction (56K PDF)
      • Coronary heart disease in a nutshell
      • Stroke in a nutshell
      • Definitions
    • Data gaps and limitations (77K PDF)
      • NHPA indicator: Incidence rate for myocardial infarction, age 35 - 69 years.
      • NHPC indicator: Incidence rate for coronary heart disease events per 100,000 population aged 40 - 90 years.
      • NHPA indicator: Proportion of cardiac patients who enter and complete a rehabilitation program, all ages.
      • NHPA indicator: Proportion of people with mild/moderate/severe disability at 6 months following diagnosis of an initial cardiac event, all ages
      • NHPA indicator: Coronary heart disease case fatality for the population aged 40 - 90 years
      • NHPA indicator: Incidence rate for stroke, all ages
      • NHPA indicator: Proportion of patients admitted to hospital with acute stroke who are managed in specialised stroke units (dedicated multidisciplinary teams), all ages.
      • NHPA indicator: Proportion of people whose main/underlying disabling condition is stroke, age 45 years or more
      • NHPA indicator: Proportion of people with mild/moderate/severe disability at 6 months following diagnosis of initial stroke event, all ages
      • NHPA indicator: Case fatality rate for stroke within 28 days, all ages
    • Current knowledge on coronary heart disease (46K PDF)
      • Incidence of coronary heart disease
      • Survival, disability and quality of life after a CHD event
      • Cost of coronary heart disease
      • Risk factors for coronary heart disease
      • Strategies for reducing the recurrence of CHD events
      • Cardiac rehabilitation
    • Current knowledge on stroke (48K PDF)
      • Incidence of stroke
      • Survival, disability and quality of life after stroke
      • Cost of stroke
      • Risk factors for stroke
      • Strategies for reducing stroke recurrence
      • Stroke rehabilitation
    • Conclusion (34K PDF)
  • End matter