Table 2: Gender distribution for indications in insertion of ICDs.

		Sex		Total	P Value
		Male	Female
Indication	Dilated Cardiomyopathy	53	29	82	0.011 (Chi square value 14.890)
	HCM	11	4	15
	Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy	83	13	96
	Other	17	2	19
	Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest	44	17	61
	Ventricular tachycardia	95	25	120
Total		303	90	393

HCM = Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Other: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, Haemochromatosis, Complete Heart Block, Brugada, Idiopathic, Long QT syndrome & Denon’s Cardiomyopathy.