Table 3

Number of cardiovascular events prevented by the increased use of effective interventions for each of the different disease groups

Intervention	Disease	Target proposed in GP contract	Estimate of level currently being achieved		No of CVD events prevented over 5 year period
Intervention	Disease	Target proposed in GP contract	45–64 years	65–84 years	No of CVD events prevented over 5 year period
CHD = coronary heart disease; ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme; A2 = angiotensin 2; HF = heart failure; CVD = cardiovascular disease.
*Events prevented by influenza vaccination refer to influenza mortality and not cardiovascular events.
Cholesterol lowering treatment	CHD	60% ⩽5.0	26%⁹	21%⁹	15.5
	Stroke		30%⁹	23%⁹	7.2
	Diabetes		30%⁹	30%⁹	6.5
Blood pressure lowering treatment	CHD	70% ⩽150/90	76%⁹	60%⁹	3.6
	Stroke	70% ⩽150/90	72%⁹	49%⁹	2.9
	Diabetes	55% ⩽145/85	45%⁹	38%⁹	2.9
	Hypertension	70% ⩽150/90	56%⁹	32%⁹	15.5
Aspirin	CHD	90%	81%¹²	81%¹²	1.1
	Stroke	90%	81%¹²	81%¹²	0.4
ACE inhibitors/A2 antagonists	CHD and HF	70%	74%¹³	59%¹³	1.2
Influenza vaccination	CVD	85%	56%¹²	85%¹²	0.03*