Table 1.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Quebec in 2000, ACS hospitalization incidence (INC), invasive cardiac procedure (ICP) rate, hospital death (HD) rate, average (median) length of stay (LoS) (days), and early hospital readmission (EHR) rate by gender, age and region
| Number | INC*§> | ICP § n (%) | HD § n (%) | LoS § Mean (Median) | EHR**n (%) | |
| TOTAL | 24,544 | 484 | 10,725 (43.7) | 1699 (6.9) | 11.5 (8) | 1893 (8.3) |
| Women | 9063 | 347 | 3312 (36.5) | 829 (9.2) | 12.3 (8) | 650 (7.9) |
| Men | 15,481 | 629 | 7413 (47.9) | 870 (5.6) | 11.0 (7) | 1243 (8.5) |
| Age < 55 yrs | 4955 | 146 | 2687 (54.2) | 69 (1.4) | 8.7 (6) | 406 (8.3) |
| Age 55–64 yrs | 5315 | 721 | 2886 (54.3) | 152 (2.9) | 10.6 (7) | 424 (8.2) |
| Age 65–74 yrs | 6678 | 1234 | 3329 (49.8) | 389 (5.8) | 12.7 (8) | 504 (8.0) |
| Age 75–84 yrs | 5652 | 1833 | 1697 (30.0) | 684 (12.1) | 13.2 (8) | 427 (8.6) |
| Age ≥ 85 yrs | 1944 | 2046 | 126 (6.5) | 405 (20.8) | 11.9 (8) | 132 (8.6) |
| 1 Lower St. Lawrence | 801 | 566 | 260 (32.5) | 57 (7.1) | 11.7 (8) | 61 (8.2) |
| 2 Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean | 835 | 438 | 361 (43.2) | 50 (6.0) | 8.7 (6) | 74 (9.4) |
| 3 Quebec City | 2278 | 493 | 925 (40.6) | 155 (6.8) | 12.5 (8) | 145 (6.8) |
| 4 Mauricie, Central Qc | 1870 | 558 | 860 (46.0) | 153 (8.2) | 14.4 (10) | 136 (7.9) |
| 5 Eastern Townships | 1269 | 645 | 468 (36.9) | 73 (5.8) | 11.3 (8) | 125 (10.4) |
| 6 Montreal-Center | 5282 | 406 | 2728 (51.6) | 428 (8.1) | 11.7 (7) | 353 (7.3) |
| 7 Outaouais | 733 | 340 | 294 (40.1) | 56 (7.6) | 7.5 (5) | 32 (4.7) |
| 8 Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 614 | 615 | 195 (31.8) | 31 (5.0) | 10.1 (7) | 57 (9.8) |
| 9 North Shore | 449 | 664 | 154 (34.3) | 15 (3.3) | 11.8 (7) | 60 (13.8) |
| 10 Northern Quebec | 93 | 447 | 36 (38.7) | 4 (4.3) | 9.8 (6) | 9 (9.8) |
| 11 Gaspé, Magdalen Is. | 590 | 827 | 177 (30.0) | 20 (3.4) | 11.5 (8) | 56 (9.8) |
| 12 Chaudière-Appalaches | 1530 | 583 | 449 (29.4) | 106 (6.9) | 10.2 (7) | 202 (14.2) |
| 13 Laval | 1153 | 477 | 595 (51.6) | 78 (6.8) | 11.7 (7) | 71 (7.4) |
| 14 Lanaudière | 1417 | 534 | 716 (50.5) | 82 (5.8) | 10.2 (7) | 99 (7.4) |
| 15 Laurentians | 1611 | 509 | 667 (41.4) | 88 (5.5) | 10.5 (8) | 126 (8.3) |
| 16 Montérégie | 4019 | 453 | 1840 (45.8) | 303 (7.5) | 12.0 (8) | 287 (7.7) |
* Per 100,000 inhabitants
§ The difference between gender, age and regions is statistically significant (p < 0.0001)
** Early hospital readmission rates are calculated for ACS survivors only. The difference between gender, age is not statistically significant (p = 0.1065; 0.8357) but significant between regions (p < 0.0001)