Table 1

Characteristics of the whole study population and specifically of persons who had died from stroke or AMI during the study period

Characteristics	Study population		Stroke deaths				AMI deaths
					Crude rate per 100 000				Crude rate per 100 000
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Rate	95% CI	Number	Per cent	Rate	95% CI
All	4 490 439	100	21 931	100	63.8	63 to 64.7	19 301	100	56.2	55.4 to 57
Gender
Male	2 156 749	48	9361	42.7	57.1	55.9 to 58.3	11 446	59.3	69.8	68.5 to 71.1
Female	2 333 690	52	12 570	57.3	70.0	68.8 to 71.2	7855	40.7	43.7	42.8 to 44.7
Age (years)
30–34	549 551	12.2	53	0.2	1.2	0.9 to 1.6	62	0.3	1.4	1.1 to 1.8
35–39	603 925	13.4	88	0.4	1.8	1.5 to 2.3	174	0.9	3.6	3.1 to 4.2
40–44	547 237	12.2	162	0.7	3.7	3.2 to 4.4	287	1.5	6.6	5.9 to 7.4
45–49	491 143	10.9	240	1.1	6.2	5.4 to 7	479	2.5	12.3	11.3 to 13.5
50–54	478 402	10.7	344	1.6	9.1	8.2 to 10.2	790	4.1	21.0	19.6 to 22.5
55–59	438 264	9.8	466	2.1	13.6	12.4 to 14.9	1065	5.5	31.1	29.3 to 33.1
60–64	342 555	7.6	744	3.4	28.2	26.3 to 30.3	1212	6.3	46.0	43.4 to 48.6
65–69	306 346	6.8	1440	6.6	61.9	58.8 to 65.2	1780	9.2	76.5	73 to 80.2
70–74	267 196	6	2685	12.2	136.8	131.7 to 142	2750	14.2	140.1	134.9 to 145.4
75–79	219 519	4.9	4596	21	303.6	295 to 312.5	3662	19	241.9	234.2 to 249.9
80–84	140 276	3.1	5408	24.7	625.0	608.5 to 641.9	3553	18.4	410.6	397.3 to 424.3
85–89	76 053	1.7	3941	18	999.5	968.8 to 1031.2	2554	13.2	647.8	623.1 to 673.4
90–94	25 576	0.6	1516	6.9	1429.7	1359.5 to 1503.5	798	4.1	752.6	702.1 to 806.6
95+	4396	0.1	248	1.1	1773.0	1565.5 to 2008	135	0.7	965.1	815.3 to 1142.5
Neighbourhood index of SEP
Lowest quintile	898 100	20	4511	20.6	66.2	64.3 to 68.1	4240	22	62.2	60.3 to 64.1
Second quintile	898 083	20	4786	21.8	69.9	68 to 71.9	4336	22.5	63.4	61.5 to 65.3
Third quintile	898 089	20	4577	20.9	66.6	64.7 to 68.6	4119	21.3	59.9	58.1 to 61.8
Fourth quintile	898 081	20	4210	19.2	61.0	59.2 to 62.8	3599	18.6	52.1	50.4 to 53.9
Highest quintile	898 086	20	3847	17.5	55.6	53.9 to 57.4	3007	15.6	43.5	42 to 45.1
Type of household
Single person household	927 282	20.7	9048	41.3	132.5	129.8 to 135.2	6846	35.5	100.2	97.9 to 102.6
Household with 2 or more persons	3 563 157	79.3	12 883	58.7	46.8	46 to 47.6	12 455	64.5	45.3	44.5 to 46.1
Marital status
Single	646 207	14.4	1925	8.8	38.4	36.7 to 40.2	1692	8.8	33.8	32.2 to 35.4
Married	3 110 107	69.3	10 609	48.4	44.2	43.4 to 45	10 865	56.3	45.3	44.4 to 46.1
Widowed	356 153	7.9	8151	37.2	337.5	330.3 to 344.9	5405	28	223.8	217.9 to 229.9
Divorced	377 972	8.4	1246	5.7	42.6	40.3 to 45.1	1339	6.9	45.8	43.4 to 48.3
Urbanisation
Urban	1 301 289	29	7458	34	75.9	74.2 to 77.6	6171	32	62.8	61.2 to 64.4
Periurban	2 034 574	45.3	8602	39.2	54.9	53.8 to 56.1	7652	39.6	48.9	47.8 to 50
Rural	1 154 576	25.7	5871	26.8	66.2	64.6 to 67.9	5478	28.4	61.8	60.2 to 63.5
Language region
German	3 241 186	72.2	16 187	73.8	65.2	64.2 to 66.2	14 075	72.9	56.7	55.7 to 57.6
French	1 034 224	23	4726	21.5	60.1	58.4 to 61.8	4223	21.9	53.7	52.1 to 55.3
Italian	215 029	4.8	1018	4.6	61.9	58.2 to 65.8	1003	5.2	61.0	57.3 to 64.9
Religious affiliation
Protestant churches	1 664 535	37.1	10 755	49	84.6	83 to 86.2	8841	45.8	69.5	68.1 to 71
Roman Catholic church	1 900 346	42.3	8481	38.7	58.3	57.1 to 59.6	7844	40.6	54.0	52.8 to 55.2
No religious affiliation	521 035	11.6	1140	5.2	28.3	26.7 to 30	1274	6.6	31.6	29.9 to 33.4
Other/unknown	404 523	9	1555	7.1	50.5	48.1 to 53.1	1342	7	43.6	41.3 to 46
Nationality
Swiss	3 685 922	82.1	20 630	94.1	72.7	71.7 to 73.7	17 961	93.1	63.3	62.4 to 64.2
Non-Swiss	804 517	17.9	1301	5.9	21.8	20.6 to 23	1340	6.9	22.4	21.3 to 23.7
Education
Compulsory education or less	1 069 769	23.8	9989	45.5	127.1	124.7 to 129.7	7830	40.6	99.7	97.5 to 101.9
Upper secondary level education	2 319 761	51.7	9278	42.3	51.6	50.6 to 52.7	8666	44.9	48.2	47.2 to 49.3
Tertiary level education	997 825	22.2	2293	10.5	29.6	28.4 to 30.8	2478	12.8	32.0	30.7 to 33.2
Not known	103 084	2.3	371	1.7	47.8	43.2 to 52.9	327	1.7	42.1	37.8 to 47

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; SEP, socioeconomic position.