Angina, unstable - How common is it?

Angina is very common. And it's more common in men than in women.

Angina affects about 2 million people in the UK.[1] About 5 percent of men and 3 percent of women have or have had angina.[1] But we don't know exactly how many of these people have unstable angina and how many have stable angina. We also don't know how many people with stable angina go on to get unstable angina.

We do know that:[2]

Fewer people have unstable angina than stable angina
With unstable angina, you are more likely to need treatment in hospital.

References

British Heart Foundation. Statistics 2005. The scale of the problem. Available at http://www.heartstats.org (accessed on 5 June 2007).
National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Clopidogrel in the treatment of non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome. July 2004. NICE technology appraisal 80. Available at http://www.nice.org.uk/ta080 (accessed on 5 June 2007).

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