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Table 1 Estimated incidence of VTE from studies in Western and Asian populations [3, 13, 15,16,17,18,19,20]

From: The diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolism in Asian patients

 

Western countries

Asian countries

Incidencea

UK

Norway

US (age-adjusted)

Taiwanb

Hong Kong

Japanc

Koreac (age-adjusted)

Singapored

VTE

75

143

117

16

17

NR

14

57

DVT

40

93

48

NR

NR

12

5

NR

PE

34

50

69

NR

NR

6

7

15

  1. aFirst incidence per 100,000 person-years unless indicated otherwise
  2. bCrude incidence
  3. cOverall incidence
  4. dOverall incidence (Chinese, Indian, Malay)
  5. DVT deep vein thrombosis, NR not reported, PE pulmonary embolism, VTE venous thromboembolism