Table 1

PHEWE cities: characteristics and data series available

Characteristics
 Health data – Time series used

City
 Population
 % 75+
 Mortaliy rate (× 100.000)*
 Mortality
 Hospital Admissions
Athens
 3 188 305
 6.4
 663.6
 1992–1996
Barcelona
 1 512 971
 10.1
 542.5
 1992–2000
 1994–1997
Budapest
 1 797 222
 7.3
 1093.6
 1992–2001
 1997–2000
Dublin
 481 854
 5.3
 826.7
 1990–2000
 1994–2001
Helsinki
 955 143
 5.0
 590.0
 1990–2000
Krakow
 741 510
 8.9**
 805.4
 1990–1996
Ljubljana
 263 290
 5.9
 719.1
 1992–1999
 1997–1999
London
 6 796 900
 6.8
 584.5
 1992–2000
 1992–2000
Milan
 1 304 942
 9.5
 439.4
 1990–2000
 1990–1999
Paris
 6 161 393
 6.1
 554.0
 1991–1998
 1991–1995
Prague
 1 183 900
 7.0
 779.4
 1992–2000
Rome
 2 812 573
 7.3
 497.4
 1992–2000
 1998–2000
Stockholm
 1 173 183
 8.5
 576.2
 1990–2000
 1990–2000
Turin
 901 010
 9.2
 479.5
 1991–1999
 1995–1999
Valencia
 739 004
 7.6
 595.6
 1995–2000
 1996–2000
Zurich
 990 000
 n.a.
 n.a.
 1990–1996
 1990–1996

* adjusted for gender and age

** >= 70 years

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