Table 1

Hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases

	2003		2004		2005		2003–2005 Trend		2006
	N	Rate per 1000	N	Rate per 1000	N	Rate per 1000	Linear p value	Quadratic p value	N	Rate per 1000
Madrid
Myocardial infarction	2528	0.96	2483	0.94	2431	0.91	0.093	0.981	2431	0.92
Cerebrovascular disease	4045	1.50	4130	1.56	4368	1.64	0.002	0.297	4297	1.62
COPD	4319	2.68	4203	2.86	4478	3.38	0.665	0.014	3515	2.97
Asthma	1054	0.34	1114	0.36	1145	0.36	0.111	0.760	1399	0.45
Barcelona
Myocardial infarction	1843	1.36	1938	1.42	1847	1.35	0.756	0.074	1726	1.26
Cerebrovascular disease	3075	2.27	3305	2.43	3395	2.47	0.001	0.235	3208	2.34
COPD	4545	5.47	4207	5.04	4371	5.19	0.012	0.003	2817	3.33
Asthma	298	0.19	330	0.21	302	0.19	0.989	0.153	235	0.15