WebTable 1 Sex-specific incidence, case fatality, and overall mortality rates with 95% confidence intervals for 45-year,

65-year and 75-year-old persons

45-year-old persons
Parameters

65-year-old persons

75-year-old persons

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

177 (169-186)

48 (44-53)

778 (756-800)

282 (269-295)

1,371 (1,336-1,408)

685 (663-708)

Stroke

80 (73-88)

71 (63-78)

469 (445-494)

281 (263-299)

1,087 (1,041-1,135)

785 (752-819)

Myopathy

12 (1-33)

12 (1-33)

12 (1-33)

12 (1-33)

12 (1-33)

12 (1-33)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

3.4 (1.6-6.0)

Myocardial infarction

0.24 (0.22-0.25)

0.27 (0.23-0.32)

0.39 (0.38-0.40)

0.41 (0.39-0.43)

0.57 (0.56-0.58)

0.59 (0.57-0.60)

Stroke

0.16 (0.13-0.18)

0.16 (0.13-0.18)

0.24 (0.22-0.26)

0.25 (0.22-0.28)

0.41 (0.39-0.44)

0.42 (0.40-0.44)

Rhabdomyolysis

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

229 (202-256)

180 (155-205)

1,994 (1,885-2,103)

1,010 (935-1,085)

5,587 (5,358-5,816)

2,849 (2,713-2,985)

Incidence rates*
(per 100,000 person-years)
Myocardial infarction

Rhabdomyolysis
One-year case fatality rate*

Overall one-year mortality rate*

(per 100,000 person-years)

* Risk of events and mortality rates increase with advancing age, except for myopathy and rhadomyolysis.

WebTable 2 Yearly pill costs of generic simvastatin 40 mg incl taxes (March 2010).

Country

Costs (in Euros)

Canada

199

Denmark

22

Germany

116

http://www.gelbe-liste.de

Norway

104

http://legemiddelverket.no/custom/Preparatsok

Sweden

25

the Netherlands
United States

9
253

Source
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