TABLE 1

The first and last 3-year averages and percentage change in age standardised death rate (ASDR) for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 17 European countries during 2001–2013

CountryMaleFemale
2001–20032011–2013Change ASDR% Change2001–20032011–2013Change ASDR% Change
Austria#2.56(8)2.34(7)−0.22(2)−8.5(3)0.9(6)1.29(7)0.39(8)+43.3(9)
Belgium2.63(9)4.15(10)1.52(12)+57.6(11)1.43(12)1.88(11)0.45(11)+31.4(7)
Croatia0.51(2)0.39(1)−0.13(3)−24.5(2)0.13(2)0.49(3)0.36(7)+270.1(17)
Czech Republic0.77(5)2.13(6)1.36(11)+177.1(16)0.46(5)1.16(6)0.7(14)+150.4(16)
Denmark3.28(12)1.73(5)−1.55(1)−47.2(1)1.39(10)0.63(4)−0.77(1)−54.8(1)
Finland4.43(14)7.36(16)2.93(16)+66.3(13)2.92(15)3.62(16)0.70(15)+24.0(6)
France2.63(10)3.97(9)1.34(10)+50.9(9)1.27(8)1.68(9)0.41(9)+32.1(8)
Germany2.8(11)4.46(11)1.66(13)+59.4(12)1.43(11)2.08(12)0.66(13)+46.0(11)
Hungary1.72(6)2.66(8)0.95(7)+55.1(10)0.97(7)1.39(8)0.42(10)+43.8(10)
Lithuania0.24(1)0.85(3)0.61(6)+251.8(17)0.1(1)0.24(1)0.14(3)+148.1(15)
The Netherlands3.56(13)4.81(13)1.24(8)+34.9(6)1.61(13)1.82(10)0.21(4)+12.8(4)
Poland0.75(4)1.28(4)0.53(5)+71.5(14)0.44(4)0.68(5)0.24(5)+53.2(12)
Portugal#2.11(7)4.77(12)2.67(15)+126.5(15)1.35(9)2.25(13)0.9(16)+66.6(14)
Romania0.60(3)0.64(2)0.03(4)+5.5(4)0.34(3)0.25(2)−0.08(2)−25.2(2)
Spain4.81(16)6.06(14)1.25(9)+26.0(5)3.02(16)3.35(15)0.32(6)+10.7(3)
Sweden4.61(15)6.46(15)1.85(14)+40.1(7)2.11(14)2.59(14)0.48(12)+22.6(5)
UK8.16(17)12.01(17)3.85(17)+47.2(8)3.61(17)5.63(17)2.02(17)+55.9(13)

Ranks for 2001–2003, 2011–2013, absolute change and percentage change are reported in parenthesis. #: For Austria and Portugal data were missing for 2001, start of period was calculated as the average of 2002–2003 with percentage change being determined for 2002–2003 versus 2011–2013.