Incident patients 2012–2018 (n=168 233) | Prevalent patients at the end of 2018 (n=226 847) | |
Age mean (SD), median | 73.4 (12.6), 74.8 | 74.7 (12.1), 75.5 |
Age group | ||
20–64 years | 37 169 (22.1) | 41 791 (18.5) |
65–74 years | 47 972 (28.5) | 64 868 (28.6) |
≥75 years | 83 092 (49.4) | 120 008 (52.9) |
Female sex | 82 716 (49.2) | 103 138 (45.5) |
Hypertension | 131 392 (78.1) | 193 438 (85.3) |
Diabetes | 40 922 (24.3) | 66 289 (29.2) |
Ischaemic stroke or TIA | 28 608 (17.0) | 48 495 (21.4) |
Congestive heart failure | 29 822 (17.7) | 64 083 (28.2) |
Coronary heart disease | 47 415 (28.2) | 82 911 (36.5) |
Hypercholesterolaemia | 89 967 (53.5) | 146 228 (64.5) |
CHA2DS2-VASc score | 3.59 (1.87) | 4.01 (1.98) |
Data are presented as n (%) or mean (SD).
CHA2DS2-VASc, congestive heart failure, hypertension, age≥75 years, age 65–74 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke, sex category (female), vascular disease; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.