Table.

Sociodemographic characteristics and prehospital symptoms and behaviour of patients. Values are numbers (percentages) unless otherwise stated

Characteristics	Patients (n=22)
Male	20 (91)
Living with spouse	13 (59)
Alone at time of symptoms	11 (50)
Predominant symptoms perceived as typical of acute myocardial infarction	14 (64)
Predominant symptoms not perceived as typical of acute myocardial infarction	8 (36)
Up to one hour taken to seek care	11 (50)
One to four hours taken to seek care	6 (27)
Over four hours taken to seek care	5 (23)
Symptoms initially different from those of previous acute myocardial infarction	20 (91)
Phoned ambulance directly	8 (36)
Phoned general practitioner first	12 (55)
Went to hospital by car	1 (5)
Other	1 (5)
Mean (SD) age years	66 (6.3)
Median time (hours) from onset of symptoms to care being sought	1.5