Coronary angiography facts & figures 

• Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the world's leading cause of death, with around 18 million people dying from the disease in 2005. CVD accounts for nearly a third of all deaths globally (1)
• UK Statistics show that between 2006 to 2007 there were 69,971 cases of unstable angina, resulting in 42,526 emergency admissions (2)
• Most cases of unstable angina in 2007 to 2008 (40,607) were recorded in male patients and in people aged 60 years and over (3)
• UK studies estimate that between six and 16 per cent of men and three and 10 per cent of women aged between 65 and 74 years have had angina symptoms (4 - 6) *
• Around one per cent of the UK population visit their GP because of angina symptoms (5) *
• Approximately 23,000 people with new symptoms of angina visit their GP each year in the UK (6) *

*These studies did not distinguish between stable and unstable angina

Refs:
1) World Health Organization (WHO)
Cardiovascular diseases
2) NHS Hospital Episode Statistics 2006 to 2007
3) NHS Hospital Episode Statistics 2007 to 2008
4) Joint Health Surveys Unit
Health survey for England 1998
HMSO: London (1999)
5) Royal College of General Practitioners, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and Department of Health
Morbidity statistics from general practice: fourth national study 1991-1992
HMSO: London (1995)
6) Gill D, Mayou R, Dawes M, et al
Presentation, management and course of angina and suspected angina in primary care
Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1999; 46:349-358
7) Gandhi MM, Lampe FC, Wood DA
Incidence, clinical characteristics, and short-term prognosis of angina pectoris
British Heart Journal 1995; 73:193-198